in 99.9% of cases you do not have to use your ISP's DNS. you can use any
DNS(use mine if you want 209.102.24.193 & 194) to find an ISP's numeric
DNS i would suggest using WHOIS, or dig.

dig domainname.com
whois domainname.com

both will give u numeric DNS settings for the domain.

nate

Phillip Deackes wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 
> Can nameserver addresses be otained dynamically with Linux? All the
> documentation I have read points to physically adding the address to
> /etc/resolv.conf
> 
> I use ISDN and have upgraded to Woody.
> 
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> Using Storm Linux
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