[Voyage-linux] Setting Static Name Service

[Rob Jenkins]

Hi Rob,

Not sure about pump. A workaround may be to make /etc/resolv.conf
read-only or use resolvconf to set the nameservers.

Sorry for so little info. I have yet to move to version 6

Rob


On Thu, 2009-09-03 at 08:11 -0700, Robert Rawlins - Think Blue wrote:
> Hey Rob,
> 
> Thanks for that suggestion, I should have probably mentioned I'm running 0.6.2 which I believe isn't using that DHCP client anymore, it's now using pump I beleive?
> 
> Iether way, when looking on my box I can't find /etc/dhclient.conf nor can I find an /etc/pump.conf file which seems a little odd.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Rob
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Jenkins [mailto:rob at skywavebroadband.net] 
> Sent: 03 September 2009 16:03
> To: Robert Rawlins - Think Blue
> Cc: voyage-linux at voyage.hk
> Subject: Re: [Voyage-linux] Setting Static Name Service
> 
> Hi Rob,
> 
> I just happened to be working on this today. You need to
> change /etc/dhclient.conf and add:
> 
> prepend domain-name-servers 208.67.222.222,208.67.220.220;
> #request subnet-mask, broadcast-address, time-offset, routers,
> #	domain-name, domain-name-servers, host-name;
> request subnet-mask, broadcast-address, time-offset, routers;
> 
> 
> This works for me.
> 
> Rob
> 
> On Thu, 2009-09-03 at 07:34 -0700, Robert Rawlins - Think Blue wrote:
> > Hello Guys,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I’m trying to change my DNS configuration in /etc/resolv.conf so that
> > I am using the OpenDNS servers instead of the sluggish DNS supplied by
> > whoever ISP we might be connected too however it seems to get
> > overwritten on boot back to the local gateway. 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > How can I set the DNS servers statically in this file without them
> > being overwritten?
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Rob
> > 
> > 
>