Scott Silva wrote: >>> You would set the primary dns to 127.0.0.1 and if you want set the >>> secondary >>> dns to what your primary dns was set at. You might have to play with >>> the >>> options to have dhcp assigned red and still be able to set your >>> nameserver >>> settings. >>> The ipcop boxes I have are all on static ip's, on either T1's or >>> business >>> class DSL, so the settings are a little different. >> For what it is worth, my IPCop box has the DNS values supplied by my ISP entered here instead of 127.0.0.1. My dig +trace tests are all running fine. >> Scott: Thank you, for the above explanation! I was able to SSH into >> the IPCop box on Port 222, very early this morning (with the syntax >> correct, that was easy) and I saw the Setup menu. >> >>> Whatever you do, write down the original settings of anything you >>> change so >>> you can restore it if it horribly breaks. >> You can also create a backup using the web-interface. The backup will be saved on your local machine and you can restore it from there if needed. >> Amen. I will write down the original settings, before I change them. >> In a tiny way, the IPCop box is a "Production" Server in our house. I >> have two (2) very demanding users: a wife and a 7 year old daughter >> and I don't want them mad.... :-) Something like not wanting your boss >> at work mad at you.... >> >> I am going to be working on this, when they are not using their >> Desktop boxes and I am going to do this on our Backup IPCop box, which >> actually has much better HW than the one we normally use for IPCop. If >> I can't get this to work on IPCop, that is the one I will install SME >> Server or the CentOS 4.4 Server CD on. It sounds like this is going to >> work on IPCop, which will be much easier and much faster for me to >> get up and running properly. >> >> Question: Awhile ago, I got into the configuration settings for our >> ZTE ADSL Modem. >> For the change to me having my own Caching DNS Server, in the settings >> for the ADSL modem at this time, using the DNS servers at our ISP: >> Primary DNS Server 200.29.104.22 >> Secondary DNS Server 200.29.96.22 >> These are the number I would enter into the IPCop setup screen for DNS and Gateway. My gateway value is the IP address of my ADSL modem. Ian