Wired Ethernet Connection at Hotel - DNS

[Rick Bilonick]

Re my previous message, it appears the need for frequent re-activation of
the connection is due to just losing the DNS information. I can stay
connected while using ssh or telnet. But anything requiring names instead
of ip's stops after a few minutes.

Rick B.

[Andrew Parker]

On 5/1/06, RICHARD  wrote:
> Re my previous message, it appears the need for frequent re-activation of
> the connection is due to just losing the DNS information. I can stay
> connected while using ssh or telnet. But anything requiring names instead
> of ip's stops after a few minutes.

If the hotel doesn't block udp port 53 you should be able to run your
own dns server.  if its installed

service named start

should get it running.  you could test it with

dig google.com @127.0.0.1

if it doesn't time out you should be able to configure your network to
use that as its DNS and you would be away.

[Mikkel]

RICHARD wrote:
> Re my previous message, it appears the need for frequent re-activation of
> the connection is due to just losing the DNS information. I can stay
> connected while using ssh or telnet. But anything requiring names instead
> of ip's stops after a few minutes.
>
> Rick B.

Do the entries in /etc/resolv.conf change, or do the name servers
stop responding? It could be part of the validation process by the
hotel's Internet setup. If you don't visit a specific web page and
agree to the terms, then ether the dhcp server sends a new set of
name servers when the lease renews, or firewalls your IP from the
name servers. Dropping the connection, and restarting it resets the
timer. But I am just speculating here...

Mikkel

[Joel Jaeggli]

you might take a look at what they're handing you via dhcp, if it's bogus, 
and the lease time is really short (like 5 minutes). then your laptop is 
re-dchping when the lease expires.... it sounds really like the hotels 
dhcp server is propbably misconfigured.

joelja

Mon, 1 May 2006, 
RICHARD wrote:
> Re my previous message, it appears the need for frequent re-activation of
> the connection is due to just losing the DNS information. I can stay
> connected while using ssh or telnet. But anything requiring names instead
> of ip's stops after a few minutes.
>
> Rick B.