[64studio-devel] quick network question DNS issue

[tim hall]

Ian Cote wrote:
> 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 - 
>   
Thanks Ian.
Very useful lead.

cheers,

tim
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