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Re: multiple DHCP servers and /etc/resolv.conf



On Vi, 19 oct 12, 01:19:08, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> My Debian laptop has several ways to have network connection: Ethernet,
> wifi and USB (the latter is used together with my Nokia N900, which has
> a DHCP server). I have the following problem, when doing:
> 
> 1. Connect via wifi, using DHCP (as usual). /etc/resolv.conf is
>    modified accordingly, as expected.
> 
> 2. Connect my Nokia N900 via USB, also using DHCP. The problem is
>    that /etc/resolv.conf is overwritten, and if I do not enable wifi
>    or GPRS/3G connection on my N900, DNS resolution no longer works.
>    Overwriting /etc/resolv.conf is expected when there is only the
>    USB connection (the N900 being used as a router, so that I can
>    get an Internet connection via GPRS/3G when no wifi hotspots are
>    available); otherwise it should not be modified, IMHO.

Could you please elaborate on point 2.? I don't understand why you would 
connect the phone, but not use it.

Kind regards,
Andrei
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