DNS Host - who is it?

[John]

Ansgar Burchardt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> John <John at DMJ-Consultancy.co.uk> writes:
>   
>> ifconfig -a shows me that the laptop has picked up an address from the 
>> server but it does not tell me who the DNS servers are.
>>
>> Where should I look to find out what other information the laptop has 
>> received from the DHCP server?
>>     
>
> The DNS server is listed in /etc/resolv.conf, other information received
> from the DHCP server is in /var/lib/dhcp/dhclient.* (though this may
> depend on which DHCP client you are using).
>   
Thanks, Ansgar. I've checked the following files between two of my Ubuntu portables (one works and the other doesn't, and both use the same DHCP server!)

hosts, resolve.conf, dhclient*, host.conf, hostname, hosts.allow, hosts.deny

Apart, obviously, from the local laptop's own name, the files are 
identical and reference the correct nameserver and search domain.

I don't recall having to set anything on the server last time I added a 
laptop, either.

Regards

John