[ccoss] Re: Glastonbury library Internet connection question
- From: <cpaulin@xxxxxxx>
- To: ccoss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 13:10:43 -0500
>
> From: dave <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 2003/12/06 Sat PM 07:38:44 EST
> To: ccoss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ccoss] Re: Glastonbury library Internet connection question
>
> ummm, they may be forcing the use of proxy servers, rather than allowing
> unrestricted http access. Chris, will we have access to one of those
> laptops so that we can check the browser settings?
I'll check.
>
> there is another workaround, assuming we can ftp anywhere. (obviously,
> normal http access would be ideal.) I could set my firewall here at home
> to forward port 21 (normally ftp) to a machine running vnc (port 5900).
> then we'd have unrestricted access to the internet from the vnc
> machine. the only "problem" being the slower screen refreshes commonly
> seen in vnc (the screen painting effect).
>
> dave
>
>
>
>
> Christopher Paulin wrote:
> > I was given an IP address, and resolv.conf was overwritten with the
> > library's DNS information. I was able to ping domain names and IP
> > addresses, get domain names resolved, and ftp to the CCOSS Web server,
> > but I couldn't connect to a Web server through HTTP; it would time out.
> > I think that the Glastonbury town firewall was blocking me.
> >
> > Christopher Paulin
> >
> > dave wrote:
> >
> >
> >>yes, dns info will be updated with whatever gets handed out by the
> >>library's dhcp server. in a pinch, you could edit resolv.conf and use
> >>any publicly accesible dns server for resolution.
> >>
> >>dave
> >>
> >>Christopher Paulin wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Another question: Does /sbin/dhcpcd update /etc/resolv.conf?
> >>>
> >>>Does it replace Cox Cable's DNS information with the Glastonbury
> >>>library's? Can I use Cox's? How does this all work? I wrote down the
> >>>library's DNS servers.
> >>>
> >>>With /etc/resolv.conf uncommented:
> >>>
> >>>root@p200:~# ping www.ccoss.org
> >>>PING www.ccoss.org (209.43.95.190): 56 octets data
> >>>64 octets from 209.43.95.190: icmp_seq=0 ttl=239 time=39.9 ms
> >>>64 octets from 209.43.95.190: icmp_seq=1 ttl=239 time=43.5 ms
> >>>64 octets from 209.43.95.190: icmp_seq=2 ttl=239 time=40.9 ms
> >>>
> >>>--- www.ccoss.org ping statistics ---
> >>>3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
> >>>round-trip min/avg/max = 39.9/41.4/43.5 ms
> >>>(Cntl-C)
> >>>root@p200:~#
> >>>
> >>>With /etc/resolv.conf commented out:
> >>>
> >>>root@p200:~# ping www.ccoss.org
> >>>ping: unknown host www.ccoss.org
> >>>root@p200:~#
> >>>
> >>>Christopher Paulin
> >>>
> >>>dave wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Bill wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>1. what makes it important
> >>>>>
> >>>>>2. can't you let your distribution's dhcp configuration ocnfigure all
> >>>>>that stuff for you? (ip, gateway in particular....)
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>yeah, dhcpcd should grab it all.
> >>>>
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