DNS question : NEWBIE alert!

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Author: Digital Wokan
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Subject: DNS question : NEWBIE alert!
Unless I'm mistaken, it's /etc/hosts


"Kevin Smith [kc7eph]" wrote:
>
> Currently, I have no (direct) Internet connection on my Linux box that I use
> routinely. I use ppp occasionaly, so I have that set up. My problem is:
> When the Linux box is NOT connected to the Internet, hence no DNS services
> available, and I try to connect via my network to it, it waits until the DNS
> lookup fails (60 seconds) to connect to the box. My question is: What file
> do I edit and what do I add/change so that when a local machine on my
> network tries to connect to the Linux box, the Linux box does not try to
> look up that address via DNS??
>
> Thanks!
>
> Kevin Smith
>
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