On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 11:06:38AM +0100, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> On 2012/07/16 20:22, Andreas Bartelt wrote:
> > Is there a way to automatically receive a DNS resolver config for
> > /etc/resolv.conf from the mobile ISP? (currently I use the DNS
> > resolver at my local network...)
>
> Personally I'm happier to use 127.0.0.1, 8.8.8.8 or 208.67.222.222
> than a typical consumer ISP/telco's DNS server so I haven't spent
> much time looking. AIUI our elderly version of pppd(8) only supports
> this for *sending* name server addresses, not receiving them.
> I have some recollection that ppp(8) ("user ppp") may allow
> receiving but I recall having problems getting it to connect last
> time I tried it with a 3g card.
>
Last time I was using vodafone umts in germany (1-2 years ago) they
were blocking outgoing dns and you had to use their resolvers. Since
they were also doing some funky dpi I switched carriers (for example a
traceroute was always 3 hops long, your IP, the gateway, and the
destination - not really usefull for debuging network problems).
Nowadays I'm using an android phone with urndis(4) and can really
recommend that. I understand it's more expensive than a simple umts
stick.
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