Re: [Hampshire] The Slug has landed...

On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 12:01:53 +0100
"Adam Cripps" <kabads@???> wrote:

> I checked the mailing lists and it was a weird glitch with DNS - so
> instead of using the default 192.168.1.1 (my router) I switched the
> DNS during install (just opened up a shell and edited
> /etc/resolv.conf) to my ISP's DNS servers.

I get that sort of problem with my D-Link ADSL modem/router and I'd
not get an external connection on any system linked to it until I
edited /etc/resolv.conf .

I solved the problem by installing the resolvconf package once I had
a working system. This package rewrites the DNS servers to whatever
you want so they appear in /etc/resolv.conf before the DNS address
(ie 192.168.1.1) the ADSL modem supplies. Telling the modem to give
my ISP's DNS server addresses seems to have no effect.

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John Lewis
Debian (Sid) with the GeneWeb genealogy package