On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 12:20:21AM -0400, James K. Lowden wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 14:55:09 -0700 (PDT), JS <oghistorian@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > 
> > 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?
> 
> (As a technical matter, you don't need to use the DNS your ISP provides. 
> You can use any DNS on the internet, as long as you know its address,
> which you could look up in whois.  As a practical matter, your ISP's DNS
> is "closer" to you and will probably give you the best performance.)  

I've memorized the IP address of the university I graduated from. When
I'm setting up a new client (perhaps because of new ISP) I'll point
DNS at the uni server. Then I'll find out what the ISP's servers
are and switch over. 

It works in a pinch.
-- 
Kevin P. Neal                                http://www.pobox.com/~kpn/

"Nonbelievers found it difficult to defend their position in \ 
    the presense of a working computer." -- a DEC Jensen paper