Re: [SLUG] dhcp.conf and DNS servers seem OK but Konqueror has name resolution failure

From: Logan Tygart (ltygart@aperioservices.com)
Date: Mon Nov 11 2002 - 13:28:13 EST


On Mon, 2002-11-11 at 07:10, Ronan Heffernan wrote:
> John Clay wrote:
<snip ping>
>
> Now you know for certain that Konqueror is not part of the problem. Can
> you send the contents of your /etc/resolv.conf file? I think that the
> way your dhcp client is supposed to set the DNS server info is by
> updating /etc/resolv.conf (setting the dhcp-acquired DNS server
> addresses into /etc/resolv.conf).
>
> In the past, I have worked with dhcp clients that worked in this way; I
> am not aware of any other mechanism for a dhcp client to setup your DNS.

If you are running dhcpd, in your /etc/dhcpd.conf there is a place to
set your DNS servers. I set mine as such:

option domain-name-servers 4.2.2.1, 4.2.2.2;

Set the ips to your DNS and remember to end with a ; then restart
dhcpd. This will point all of your clients to the DNS server/s.

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Logan Tygart
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