[64studio-devel] quick network question DNS issue

[Ian Cote]

Hey there Nate - 

I felt yer pain for a while with my ISP too.  The DSL router provided
ALWAYS put itself first in the resolution order, so lookups took
forever.

You might read the man page for dhclient.conf.  The file itself is
located in /etc.  There is a supersede option you can use to have
dhclient override the provided information gained from the server.  If
that doesn't work, you can also eliminate having dhclient even request
domain-servers at all.  

With this, you could continue to use dhcp to configure the IP/gateway
information, but keep your own domain-lookup info.

Another option (which is what I've got running at home) is to turn off
dhcp on the router altogether.  I've got a small server running to
nat/firewall/dns/fileshare/backups running and there I can set
everything I want.

Hope this helps - 
ian

On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 15:27 -0400, Nate figlar wrote:

> yeah I tried that route quentin unfortunately I have a terrible ISP
> that supplies thier customers with terrible gateway routers. and if
> you try to even mention linux they cut you off to say "we only
> recommend using windows with our systems, sign up for a 2 year
> contract and we can get to a dell with xp on it." yeah like I want a
> cheap 200 us dollar dell and have to put up with 2 more years of bad
> service just because I have no other alternative LOL. ah hopefully
> some other company will be putting up gateways in my area to bettter
> service me.
> 
> but yeah I have followed the directions exactly as followed and was
> told by my isp that yeah it was a bug that isn't working on that
> model. I was hoping that maybe somewhere I could find the file in /etc
> somewhere that would have the setting then maybe set it for read only
> so it can't be changed. I do apreciate the advice though quentin
> thanks for pointing me in that direction
> 
> as for anyone might have any ideas if my plan might work or not again
> any input is greatly appreciated.
> 
> nate
> 
> On 5/1/07, Quentin Harley <qharley at wbs.co.za> wrote:
> > Nate figlar wrote:
> > > hey everyone,
> > >
> > > I have been running into one small issue on my network connection
> > > regarding my DNS. everytime I boot. I have to manually remove my DNS
> > > settings and reset them to my isp's DNS adressess. if I don't my DSL
> > > gateway takes forever to find anything. my question is where would I
> > > set those manually so they will not be changed by my gateway after
> > > reboot. I remember when i was using ubuntu i could save them but for
> > > some reason the control panel hasn't been able to do that. is there a
> > > file I can edit somewhere? any help at all would be greatly
> > > appreciated.
> > >
> >
> > Hey Nate,
> >
> > I don't have that problem, because I set up my DSL router to forward
> > that info automatically via DHCP.  The only gateway according to my
> > 64studio PC is the address of the router.
> >
> > I don't know If this helped you by any degree though...
> >
> > Quentin
> >
> 
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