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Title: Netscape and dynamic IP adresses

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Netscape and dynamic IP adresses

Symptom:

Solution:

The following steps were necessary in order to "calm down" Netscape :

The automatic dial-up during the Communicators start-up can be avoided
by the following entries :

    Edit -> Preferences -> Navigator -> Browser starts with "Blank page"

or enter a local adress at

                                     -> Browser starts with "Home page"

A regular connection set-up while Netscape is running is caused 
by the mail program. See

    Edit -> Preferences ->  Mail&Groups -> Mail Server
         -> More Options.. -> Check for mail every "10" minutes

These 10 minutes are entered automatically during the installation.
Fortunately this can be switched off.

The nameserver inquiry at start-up of the mail program is caused
by the configured news groups. Even if the news server (like the
Mail server) can be resolved from ´/etc/hosts´, the news servers
visible in the message center are being accessed. I don't know if it 
is sufficient to enter them as well into 'hosts'.
However it is apparently not sufficient to erase all chosen 
newsgroups since I had to remove a file like ´.newsrc-xyz´ in my
home directory before Netscape was quiet ...

I recommend to search and remove files like ~/.newsrc-domainname,
except for ~/.newsrc-localhost.

See also:

dynamic IP numbers: first package gets lost
When booting, ISDN builds a connection for no reason
ISDN keeps on building connections
ISDN: dynamic IPs and sendmail

Keywords: ISDN, NETSCAPE, IP, DYNAMIC, DYNIP

Categories: ISDN

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