On Fri, 2007-08-17 at 09:49 +0200, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:
> michael wrote:
> [...]
> >>>>>> I have just replaced my USB modem with a router/modem and things seem
> >>>>>> to be working find on my Debian box behind the router, except for
> >>>>>> nslookup. Is there something I need to amend to get it to work. Note
> >>>>>> I can still access the e-World from my Debian box:
> [...]
> >>> but somehow /etc/ppp/resolv.conf is being created at boot time with
> >>> correct nameservers but an empty search string...
> >>>
> >>> any ideas? something to do with /etc/ppp/ip*d/0000usepeerdns
> >>> but I've no idea how/when they are used and why?!?
> >> Probably best to browse the various manpages and such, but another approach
> >> is to just look around for clues to the settings, e.g.,
> >>
> [...]
> >
> > yeah i had a poke around, unsuccessfully. it must also get the actual
> > nameservers' IP nums from somewhere too...
> >
> Are you using dhcp? How does your /etc/network/interfaces file look like?
> The dhcp client also manipulates /etc/resolv.conf.
Yeah, using DHCP:
from /etc/network/interfaces:
# /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)
# The loopback interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The first network card - this entry was created during the Debian
installationauto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
iface dsl-provider inet ppp
provider dsl-provider
# please do not modify the following line
pre-up /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up # line maintained by pppoeconf
But I'm still unsure what I need to amend
