Re: dhcp & pf on a cable modem connection

[david l goodrich <dlg_(_at_)_dorkzilla_(_dot_)_org>]

what's stopping you from setting it to any major DNS server?  even offcampus i
use my university's DNS servers with no ill-effects.
  --david

On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 04:58:31 +0200
Han Boetes <han_(_at_)_mijncomputer_(_dot_)_nl> wrote:

> J Moore wrote:
> > I'm preparing a Soekris firewall for a family member to take to
> > college. Her Internet access will be via cable modem, so I want
> > the Soekris between her cable modem Ethernet interface, and her
> > Windows PC.
> >
> > I've set up dhcpd on the "inside" interface, and dhclient on the
> > outside interface. But I'm not clear at all on how DNS will be
> > handled. In other words, how does dhcpd tell the Windows client what
> > DNS server to use?
> >
> > I can't experiment 'cause I don't have access to the cable network...
> > can someone provide a clue?
> 
> Ok, here is my dhcpd.conf file:
> 
> ~% cat /etc/dhcpd.conf
>         option  domain-name "blah.org";
>         option  domain-name-servers 1.2.3.4;
>         subnet 172.16.16.0 netmask 255.255.255.0
> 
>         {
>                 option broadcast-address 172.16.16.255;
>                 option routers 172.16.16.1;
>                 range 172.16.16.2 172.16.16.254;
>         }
> 
> 
> First boot, and get the nameservers for that connection from
> /etc/resolv.conf. Put them in dhclient.conf and restart dhcpd
> 
> You can also look up the nameservers on the website of the ISP or they
> are called ns.isp.com or something.
> 
> 
> 
> # Han

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