[9fans] Does no ethernet address=no reference to /lib/ndb/local?

[9fans] Does no ethernet address=no reference to /lib/ndb/local?

[William Staniewicz]

Recently I have switched to a new ISP (Demon Internet) that assigns me a static
ip address. Up to now I have gotten by without configuring my
/ndb/local file. (ie, I put the dnsserver info in /bin/termrc instead.) Now, in
order to log on using ip/ppp (PAP) my static ip address
has to be specified and that needs to be put into
the /ndb/local file.

My question:
I have a standalone setup with no ethernet card, so
no ethernet address. Don't I need to put ip/ipconfig
in termrc to read the info in /ndb/local? If so,
how do I do this? What do I use for "device" in ip/ipconfig?
Am I looking at this the right way?

Bill

Re: [9fans] Does no ethernet address=no reference to /lib/ndb/local?

[presotto]

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IF you are starting ppp by hand, there's no reason to use
ipconfig.  You need to mail /ndb/local entries only if the
ISP doesn't support the options for telling you dns server,
etc.  Unfortunately, that's often the case.

One way to see what it's giving you is by cat'ing /net/ndb
after you are connected to the ISP.  Both ppp and ipconfig
put everything they learn in there.  That file is implemented
in the ip stack and is how we let dynamicly learned info
be used by programs that use /lib/ndb files.  Both cs and
dns search that file first.

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From: "William Staniewicz" <wstan@planet.nl>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: [9fans] Does no ethernet address=no reference to /lib/ndb/local?
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 00:49:32 +0100
Message-ID: <20001216004932.B356@localhost.local>

Recently I have switched to a new ISP (Demon Internet) that assigns me a static
ip address. Up to now I have gotten by without configuring my
/ndb/local file. (ie, I put the dnsserver info in /bin/termrc instead.) Now, in
order to log on using ip/ppp (PAP) my static ip address
has to be specified and that needs to be put into
the /ndb/local file.

My question:
I have a standalone setup with no ethernet card, so
no ethernet address. Don't I need to put ip/ipconfig
in termrc to read the info in /ndb/local? If so,
how do I do this? What do I use for "device" in ip/ipconfig?
Am I looking at this the right way?

Bill