Okay - good for me :-) Thanks. Nathan Cook - nathan at coast-computers.co.nz wrote: > 2pm Saturday would suit me, meet you at the school. > > Regards > > Nathan > > klug.member.lancer at xoxy.net wrote: > >> Hello Nathan. >> >> I'm not sure if there's a problem with ou email addys connecting. Sunday >> morning is the one time I annot make it. Sometime on Saturday, or >> perhaps Sunday afternoon would be fine. Please let me know what you >> would like. >> >> Lance. >> >> >> >> Nathan Cook - nathan at coast-computers.co.nz wrote: >> >>> The LDAP server will have the Router set as the DNS server, what you >>> want to make the LDAP server the DNS server, this will mean >>> installing a package (BIND is recommended), and then have it's own >>> DNS server set as the router. I have setup a similar operation and >>> it worked a treat. >>> >>> I sent you an email yesterday but I doubt that it has got through to >>> you though, will try and call you about the weekend, but Sunday >>> morning is looking to be the day for me, how about you? >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> Nathan >>> >>> klug.member.lancer at xoxy.net wrote: >>> >>>> Okay - I'm now in school. The main router for the internet (the >>>> radio hub which gaives cable internet via radio link from across >>>> the road) is 192.168.1.1 >>>> Is there any reason this would become an "essential" access route >>>> for LDAP to function? >>>> Any reason it may cause a DNS conflict when the internet goes down? >>>> >>>> I don't see any reason why the LDAP server should access the >>>> internet gateway for its own function. >>>> >>>> Lancer. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> klug.member.lancer at xoxy.net wrote: >>>> >>>>> 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. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> KLUG mailing list >>>>> KLUG at linux.net.nz >>>>> http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/klug >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> KLUG mailing list >>>> KLUG at linux.net.nz >>>> http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/klug >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> KLUG mailing list >>> KLUG at linux.net.nz >>> http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/klug >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> KLUG mailing list >> KLUG at linux.net.nz >> http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/klug >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > KLUG mailing list > KLUG at linux.net.nz > http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/klug > > >
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