DNS addresses corrupting.

[Melanie]

On Tuesday 20 Jun 2006 17:27, Joe Hart wrote:
"
" That file isn't a sample file, but most of the setting are indeed
" commented out.  Very similar to grub's menu.lst (in /boot/grub).
"
" Debian does that a lot.  They fill the config files with a lot of
" comments to give examples and explanations of the possible settings.
" Much better than other systems that rely on the text files for
" configuration but bury the settings in some document that you'll not
" likely read.
"
" If you look closely in that file, you'll see the sample line for the
" prepend command.  You can just remove the comment and put your DNS info
" there and it will be set.
"
" It is possible that there is a command that will let you change the info
" without having to manually edit the file.  However, if you know how the
" system works, then most of the commands are not needed.  Remember that
" all of debian is configured with text files specifically for that
" reason.  Anyone can edit them with their favorite text editor and no
" program is needed, although programs may also edit the file.

Ah, thank you for that, much easier than reading Forth programs!
In fact the only lines not commented out are just below the #prepend line and 
include :-
"request . . . .  domain-name servers . . . . ."

I have changed the gateway config by entering DHCP info but can find no 
network configuration that works with Ubuntu, though I have yet to edit that 
prepend line.  Everything is AOK under Mandriva.

More digging needed.

Melanie