On 7/11/08, Ian Blackwell <ian at ikel.id.au> wrote: > 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. You entered them there and you can dig +trace from there. That's interesting. I would like to discontinue using the DNS Servers at my ISP, because: (a ) frequently slow (b) sometimes no DNS (c) the recent problem where I get to opendns.com > 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. Thank you for reminding me about that! The IPCop box I am using now, I backed up on 23 February. The Backup IPCop box, which I am going to use to test this, will need to be updated and then I will backup, before I try these changes. <snip> >>> 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: Thank you for the information! Lanny