[ale] gentoo

[jknapka at earthlink.net (Joseph A Knapka)]

Stephen Turner wrote:
> 
> well ive looked at gentoo like recommended and it doesnt look bad :)
> however i do have a question, in configuring the dns server is this
> only for private networks? i do not know the ip of my isp's dns
> server,  or should i referr it to my router??
> 
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If your router (a LinkSys, wan't it?) is configured to
get its WAN address via DHCP, it will acquire the ISP's
DNS addresses, and will pass them along to any machine
on your LAN that uses the router's DHCP server to
get its IP address. Alternatively, the "Status" page
on the router contains the ISP's DNS server IPs.

Cheers,

-- Joe
"I should like to close this book by sticking out any part of my neck
 which is not yet exposed, and making a few predictions about how the
 problem of quantum gravity will in the end be solved."
 --- Physicist Lee Smolin, "Three Roads to Quantum Gravity"

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