[klug] LDAP vs DNS - brief thought

[klug.member.lancer at xoxy.net]

Seeing as the problems of LDAP going down when the internet cable is
takenm out from teh school network seems to be something of a DNS issue,
I thought I'd compare the Networks settings for the clients vs the
"default" ones I normally use.

My defaults:
IP address: 192.168.0.1 (where the last dc is 1 for computer01, 2 for
the next and so on)
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Default gateway (IP): 192.168.0.254
Primary nameserver: 192.168.0.1 (ALWAYS - so the computers point to the
same box)

The network the LDAP clients are running has the following...
IP address: 192.168.1.131 (computer01=131, computer02=132...)
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Default gateway (IP): 192.168.1.1 <= Network guru said to change this
Primary nameserver: 192.168.1.1 <= I'm questioning this.

The box the actual LDAP server is on is 192.168.1.251. I'm guessing the
192.168.1.1 address is actually pointing to the internet router hub over
the road (school office) and is thereby being used as primary DNS even
for LDAP, which causes connection failures once the internet ethernet
cable is pulled from the LAN.

I'm thinking that I should change the 192.168.1.1 instances to
192.168.1.251 to have them run from the LDAP server, however I'm not
sure why the network guru would have set them up otherwise and I'm
assuming he would have his reasons.

Just a thought. I haven't tweaked it yet. Am I off the beaten track?

Lancer.