On Tue, 2004-08-31 at 09:51, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Everybody > > I changed the Internet connection on my Mandrake 10. Linux box from a > proxy server to a router. It was working fine on the proxy server (which is > now gone) but I can't get to any websites with the new router setup. In the > network card setup I changed the gateway address to the router's ip address > (I can ping fine and that setting is okay) and tried with the Mandrake > Control Center to change the Internet Setup. But everytime I enter the DNS > servers (which I think are probably the problem) it doesn't hold on to the > settings. Everytime I go back in to check they are blank. > I read the last time I had a similar problem about a non MCC way of > inputting these settings, from a teminal window but I can't remember what > the command was. > Anybody know the command? or where the DNS info is stored? > > Thanks in advance. > > Robert > DNS servers are registered in /etc/resolv.conf
It should look like this: nameserver xxx.yyy.zzz.123 nameserver xxx.yyy.zzz.124 etc...for as many nameservers as you want to define. Two is usually enough. Just edit this file as root. You will see the effect immediately on saving the changes - no need to restart anything. HTH Brian
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