dns issues

[Chris Gow]

On Thursday 11 January 2007 15:04, Andrew Hunter wrote:
> On Thursday 11 January 2007 08:15, Chris Gow wrote:
> > I don't edit them. I always figured that when I restart my computer when
> > it got a new ip address it would also update my dns settings (eg. just
> > work).
>
> Have you consider trying NetworkManager to manager you settings?
No. Only because when I installed, I stuck with the defaults. I haven't done 
any manual tweaking of my network settings. Everything should be with what 
Kubuntu installed.

What's the Kubuntu equivalent of NetworkManager?
>
> > Like I said, after I start up my laptop and log in the first thing I do
> > is open a shell and run sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart to clear all
> > of my stale DNS settings. I just checked my resolv.conf file this morning
> > when I got into work and sure enough all the nameserver entries pointed
> > to my ISP DNS entries. Doing a networking restart and opening the file
> > again showed the DNS server for my office.
> >
> > -- chris
> >
> > On Thursday 11 January 2007 00:48, Myles Braithwaite wrote:
> > > How do you edit your dns settings? thought the networking utility or
> > > /etc/reslov.conf?
> > >
> > > Chris Gow wrote:
> > > > Hello:
> > > >
> > > > Whenever I restart my laptop w/edgy on a new network (eg home-work)
> > > > my dns entries don't seem to get reset. I get a new correct ip
> > > > address but it seems that my dns entries don't. Doing a sudo
> > > > /etc/init.d/networking restart seems to do the trick. But isn't that
> > > > script run at system startup?
> > > >
> > > > This has been occurring for some time now. But it is really starting
> > > > to get on my nerves.
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas what setting I have to change?
> > > >
> > > > thanks
> > > >
> > > > -- chris