[sllug-members]: DNS woes?

[Christopher Hogan]

On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 10:39 AM, Tarrant Rollins
<tarrant.rollins at gmail.com> wrote:
>Both computers when trying to access web pages take a eternity and a
> half resolving domain names. I've found a Quick and Dirty fix which involves
> me editing /etc/resolv.conf and moving the local Belkin Router to the bottom
> of the list.

I have this same problem with an Actiontec (QWest) DSL modem. However,
I just stopped using the modem's DHCP server and set up a home server
that handles DHCP.

> The problem is that every time the computer goes off (or my
> laptop goes into suspension) the file gets remade and therefor needs to be
> reedited.

In Gentoo, you would edit /etc/conf.d/net:

dhcp_eth0="nodns"

Also, from the dhcpcd man page:

-R, --nodns
 Don't send DNS information to resolvconf or touch /etc/resolv.conf

Hope this helps.

Chris