Re: /etc/resolv.conf and resolvconf
On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:04:30 -0500
Ed Jabbour <ejbr@att.net> wrote:
> 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.
I have a seperate router and cable modem but when I want to switch
DNS I have to set up the new one in the router. I am not sure about DSL
but my resolve.conf points to the router (192.168.1.1). The router then
requests DNS services according to what's been set-up in it.
--
Frank
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