Comcast Idiocy, DNS Servers and Networking

[Frode M. Døving]

Tirsdag 22 august 2006 03:31, skrev Howard Coles Jr.:
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> However, I think you can override the DNS.  I'll just have to look up how
> again.  I think you put a line such as the following in the interfaces
> file:
>
> dns static
>
> or
>
> dnsdomain myhome.com
> dnsserver 4.2.2.2
> dnsserver 3.2.2.2 or whatever.
>
> I can't remember, but maybe this will spark someone else's memory.
>
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You can edit /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf
Add the line:
supersede domain-name-servers 4.2.2.1;

This will use 4.2.2.1 overriding the DHCP-ones.

You can list more than one this way:
supersede domain-name-servers 4.2.2.1, 4.2.2.2;


- Frode