Re: /etc/resolv.conf and resolvconf
On Thursday 21 January 2010 06:44:14 pm Frank McCormick wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:05:53 -0500
>
> Ed Jabbour <ejbr@att.net> wrote:
> > Sometime ago, I switched to OpenDNS using the resolvconf program.
> > I now want to switch back to the default DNS provided by the
> > gateway - 192.168.1.254, which, I think, passes over to ATT's
> > server. I'd use resolvconf, but I forgot how and the man page
> > isn't much help to me. So, I purged resolvconf; now the only
> > instance of resolvconf is the deb file in apt archives
> > and /etc/resolv.conf is no longer a symlink. I then manually
> > changed /etc/resolv.conf. However, upon a dhcp request resolv.conf
> > reverts to OpenDNS. I tried entering "prepend domain-name-servers
> > 192.168.1.254" in /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf - but no relief. What's
> > overwriting resolv.conf, and how do I stop it?
>
> How are you connected to the internet? Through a router?
Yes. ATT calls it a "residential gateway". It's a dsl modem and router in
one package.
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