HELP

[lexx]

I've got to set up a DNS server with VMware.
But the problem is that there is a proxy between me and the net.
I'm using dhcp and internal pings are working fine but I can't get outside.
Anyone please tell me how to configure my network so that I can emerge something.
I wasn't able to find anything about this concrete problem in the forums so I'd really appreciate it, if you'd like to help me.
thanks

[adaptr]

[lexx]

ok. In school we've got to set up a Linux Server with VMWare.
We have to make a DNS server (connect to our school name servers).
But I just can't get outside beacuse there is a proxy between me and the net.
So please how can I configure a proxy so that I can download or emerge something.

[Prompty]

well the most simple solution I can see is configuring vmware to work with Nat-like connection ... I used a a beta and under windows but I didn't have any problems connecting with the outside then ( note that I'm behind a proxy ..non-auth , but all connections run thru it )
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[lexx]

I just want to know how to tell my Gentoo to use the proxy to get connection to the internet.
And by the way how can I do this Nat-like connection.
But after all I just want to tell this stupid box that it has to use DHCP and a proxy. Ok please no complicate instructions or so just simple because I really don't know much about this stuff.

[adaptr]

Then this would seem to be a good moment to start learning...
Emitting disgruntled sounds on the lines of "this stuff is too complekated for poor old me" won't get you very far on Gentoo in general.
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[johnmc]

I agree with prompty, I would use the NAT networking option for the Guest OS. I think then if you can make the Host OS work through the proxy the Guest OS would too. Maybe someone who's actually done this will clarify this point for us. I'll admit I'm not sure how the proxy figures in your scenario, but if you're complaining of it then it's probably in the way

I haven't used a Windows Host OS with VMWare, but in Linux there's a configuration script that you run after the install to configure the local networking (between the Guest and Host OS). Is there something like that you can work with?

Are you trying to set up a secondary or slave nameserver to pull information off the school's primary servers? I'm not expert but I've done much the same myself this way at work:

in /var/bind/named.conf add a stanza like this:

zone "school.domain" IN {
type slave;
file "sec/your.domain.zone";
masters {
X.X.X.X; <-- put the address of the server you'll pull DNS data from here
};
notify no;
};

There's an O'Reilly book called "DNS and Bind" by Cricket Liu, if memory serves, that will be a good source of information if you want to delve more deeply into DNS.

If you're just trying to set your resolvers, take a look at /etc/resolv.conf
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