On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 06:38:03PM -0400, Jeffrey Bedard wrote:
>    computers on the network.  However, I did not do the
>    latter part of your instructions because I do not know
>    the name server of my ISP.  Is there anyway that the
>    computer can autoconfig this, or do I have to check
>    with my ISP?
> 
> I am not sure if NetBSD can autoconfig the DNS servers.  My GNU/Linux
> box is currently my gateway.  It uses the wvdial program (sadly not
> available on NetBSD at the moment), which does all work necessary to
> establish a ppp connection, including autodns.  I just copied the dns
> addresses obtained by autodns into my NetBSD box's /etc/resolv.conf.  The
> easiest and quickest way to determine the nameserver is to mail
> support@<yourisp>.  

If you are using pppd, you can put the "usepeerdns" option in your pppd
config file, and it will set up /etc/resolv.conf to use your ISP's DNS
servers.

Cheers,

Ben