Re: ISP server assigned nameserver addressing - how?

[Robert Waldner <Waldner@KPNQwest.at>]

On Tue, 22 Aug 2000 13:40:11 BST, Phillip Deackes writes:
>I have always added my ISP's nameservers address to /etc/resolv.conf and
>have found that most ISPs tend to specify that you should set up Windows
>DUN for server assigned DNS addresses. On occasions I have found it very
>difficult to get hold of actual numeric addresses.

To be sure, add the nameservers to /etc/resolv.conf manually. I also 
 suggest doing so in Windos, server-assigning nameservers tends to be 
 somewhat unstable, so every _good_ ISP will hand you the addresses 
 numerically, at least per request.

>Can nameserver addresses be otained dynamically with Linux? All the
>documentation I have read points to physically adding the address to
>/etc/resolv.conf

It´s a feature of PPP, if you do it the debian-way, just run pppconfig
 and set the nameservers to "dynamic".

If you fire PPP manually, man pppd.

I suggest turning on debugging in pppd, the assigned nameservers should 
 be logged and you can then add them manually to resolv.conf.

hth,
&rw
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