michael wrote: > 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 > > See the recommendations in the man-page of "dhclient-script" when using the dhcp3-client package. But I have never done that. -- Regards, Jörg-Volker.
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