On Thu October 16 2003 16:33, JS wrote:
> Hi Ben and Jeff,
>
> Thank you very much for your information about the
> autoconfig issues when dealing with the name server on
> NetBSD.  However, I did hear that I could use my
> router as a dns server which will redirect to the main
> server on my isp.  However, once I set it up to try it
> out, the pings to my router or other computers on the
> network hang right after I hit the enter button and
> will stay there for a couple of minutes before it
> starts listing if the pings were successful.  Why

It's trying, unsucessfully, to resolve the domain supplied.

> would that be?  It wasn't doing this before I
> configured it  for the router.  Also, I tried an
> outside site, and my netbsd box seems that it cannot
> connect with the router as a name server.  Do you
> might have another suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> J Silverman