On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 11:48:36AM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: > If you've got dynamic ip addresses as many of us do, that file has to change > to keep your internet connection up. That's not true. The resolv.conf file does not necessarily have to change when your IP addresses change. The primary example of a non-changing resolv.conf would be someone running a local resolver listening on 127.0.0.1 -- exactly like the original poster's case.