Re: [gentoo-user] Easy dialup for unprivileged user

[Mark Kirkwood]

Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> On Saturday 30 December 2006 22:00, Mark Kirkwood <markir@××××××××××××.nz>
> wrote about '[gentoo-user] Easy dialup for unprivileged user':
>> Now it pretty much does - but to trigger the ppp interface 'up' state I
>> find myself doing stuff like:
>>
>> $ ping <ip of ISP nameserver>
>>
>> or similar, because hostname access will just return "host not found"
>> immediately without trying to bring the link up. So while this
>> workaround is ok for me, I would like to get it so that the ppp
>> interface comes up more intuitively (or am I missing something
>> obvious?... that would be nice!).
>
> You might try running a local, caching-only nameserver.  That may bring up
> ppp as needed by changing how your hostname resolution works.  In
> particular, I'm betting that your hostname resolution is currently
> programmed specifically NOT to bring up an interface, while bind or
> dnscache oe w/e (when queried by your resolver) will not be as "smart" an
> send a DNS request to an IP, as needed.  [If not needed, it will resolve
> the hostname to an IP address and your other application (browser, email,
> w/e) will use that IP (and wake up your ppp device).]
>
> (Just shooting from the hip here, though so, no guarantees.)
>
> In any case, a local, caching-only nameserver will still "speed up" your
> dial-up connection for DNS "intensive" tasks -- like web browsing.  So,
> you work setting one up (which should be minimal) will not be for naught.
>

Yeah - thanks, great suggestion. I've give that a try. I run a caching 
only nameserver for my own desktop system for exactly the performance 
reasons you mentioned above, so setup is not problem.

Cheers

Mark
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