Re: Dial-up newbie seeks advice

[Aaron Konstam <akonstam trinity edu>]

On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 04:56:05AM -0500, Michael Scottaline wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 01:35:17 -0500
> Steve Snyder <swsnyder home com> scribbled in frustration:
> 
> > I usually use my Linux/Win98 dual-boot laptop on a LAN and spend most of
> > my time in Linux.  The networking works fine in both environments, but I
> > boot into Win98 to do dial-up networking because it is very good at 
> > overriding the default (Ethernet) network config when a dial-up 
> > connection is established, the restoring the default config when the 
> > dial-up connection is terminated.
> > 
> > I'm ready to take the plunge in configuring dial-up networking in
> > Enigma, but I'm concerned that it will screw up my working network
> > config.   Can someone point me to a HOW-TO that deals with Ethernet and
> > dial-up networking compatibility?
> ==============================
> I believe if you use something like kppp for your dial-up, you can enter
> your appropriate dns info there and it will use that temporarily without
> overwriting /etc/fstab permanently.  Once kppp is closed down, I think
> /etc/fstab reverts to your lan info. Mike
> 
I think it is the /etc/resolv.conf file that is changed and changed back not
the /etc/fstab file .
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