From: Abraham Al-Saleh (alsalehacadurx.com)
Date: Fri Feb 04 2005 - 18:08:43 CST

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Dave Feustel wrote:

>I now think my problem is tied to the bridge connecting the two ethernets.
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>laptop xl0 <> xl1 desktop xl0 <> multiport switch <> dsl verizon.net
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>The reason I think so is that if I plug the laptop directly into the multiport switch
>the laptop dns lookup works no problem (as does dns in the desktop). When the
>laptop is connected to the second ethernet card in my desktop(xl1), it can get an
>ip address from either the dhcpd running on the desktop *or* from verizon.net if
>the desktop dhcpd is not running. But in neither case does dns lookup work for
>the laptop.
>
>The question that now has my attention is "why does dns lookup fail for the laptop
> when the laptop is not connected directly to the switch?"
>
>
>Dave Feustel
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what is net.inet.ip.forwarding in sysctl set to?

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Cordially,

Abraham Al-Saleh
Systems Administrator
CaduRx

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