On Tue, 22 Aug 2000 13:40:11 BST, Phillip Deackes writes: >I have always added my ISP's nameservers address to /etc/resolv.conf and >have found that most ISPs tend to specify that you should set up Windows >DUN for server assigned DNS addresses. On occasions I have found it very >difficult to get hold of actual numeric addresses.
To be sure, add the nameservers to /etc/resolv.conf manually. I also suggest doing so in Windos, server-assigning nameservers tends to be somewhat unstable, so every _good_ ISP will hand you the addresses numerically, at least per request. >Can nameserver addresses be otained dynamically with Linux? All the >documentation I have read points to physically adding the address to >/etc/resolv.conf It´s a feature of PPP, if you do it the debian-way, just run pppconfig and set the nameservers to "dynamic". If you fire PPP manually, man pppd. I suggest turning on debugging in pppd, the assigned nameservers should be logged and you can then add them manually to resolv.conf. hth, &rw -- / Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Phone: +43 1 89933 0 Fax x533 \ \ KPNQwest/AT tech staff | Diefenbachg. 35 A-1150 Wien /
