Re: Portmaster PM2ER questions.

Richard M Bill (rmbill@laser.net)
Tue, 19 Nov 1996 15:25:15 -0500 (EST)

On Tue, 19 Nov 1996, Andres Maduro wrote:

> Hi!!
>
> I'm Andres Maduro from TrueVision in Venezuela. I have several question
> for our PortMaster PM2ER-20
>
> 1.- Can I configure the PortMaster for using 2 DNS Servers ? I can only see
> that one entry can be entered.
Yes, set dns 2 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

> 2.- Since we are using the Portmaster as a router, how can I monitor the packet
> traffic entering the Modems and hardwire link.

> 3.- If the machine that serves DNS requests for the Livingston dies, a user
> connecting by modem isn't able to receive DNS requests for the secondary
> server or other. Is this correct ?
That has been our experience

This sounds strange for me. When this
> happens, I have to telnet to the exact IP of the router and then change the
> DNS entry to point the secondary server, this would enable users to log again
> in a normal way and have DNS requests go outside the PortMaster.
>
> Please respond the the mailing list and if possible send a cc of the answer to
> andres@truevision.net
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Andres Maduro
> TrueVision
>
>