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Re: (ASCEND) Clients DNS
At 11:57 AM 12/24/97 -0500, Bosco Tsang wrote:
>In Max 4048, is there a function/feature that it can
>assigned the DNS address to the clients? Or when the client connects
>to the unit, they will be forced to use the DNS that max is using?
>
>The ideal case is that, user configures Windows95 DNS / Win 3.1 Trumpet DNS;
>user connects to max, it will force the user to ignore the DNS in Windows95
>or Trumpet, instead the user will use whatever DNS that max has set.
>
>We have tried the Clients DNS, but it seems not working.
>From one of our field warriors:
>Kevin, I saw the other replies in this thread, but you might also mention
>that if a DNS entry is hard coded under:
>
>Network Control Panel
> TCP/IP
> DNS Configuration
> DNS Server Search Order
>
>then a DNS entry learned during PPP will not be used. I have this problem
>all the time when dialing into GTE.net. I have a LAN card that normally
>attaches to the Ascend corporate LAN with the Ascend DNS server hard coded
>as it must be for local LAN connections. I have to remove the DNS entry
>before dialing GTE.net with Dialup Networking or Windows will not use the
>GTE's DNS servers. The DNS server being used can be verified by running
>winipcfg and clicking on the "More Info" button.
>
>The reason I bring it up is that Bosco Tsang asked, "... user connects to
>max, it will force the user to ignore the DNS in Windows95 ..." I don't
>think there is a way to force Windows 95 to ignore the configured DNS it
>must be removed. Hopefully Microsoft will give us this option in some
>future version of Dialup Networking.
Kevin
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