Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Brian Downey <gentoo-user@×××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] specifying DNS servers
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 19:31:05
Message-Id: D8EE07EF-4DB7-4634-86C8-23430172FDEB@briandowney.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] specifying DNS servers by gentuxx
1 On Sep 22, 2005, at 3:06 PM, gentuxx wrote:
2 >>
3 >> Name resolution is name resolution, whether on the static line or
4 >> the dynamic line. What difference does it make?
5 >>
6 >>
7 >
8 > If they are on different networks, one interface may not be able to
9 > see the other interface, therefore not the name servers either.
10
11 Is that true? I think unless forced, the internal routing setup
12 during an ifconfig takes care of that very problem.
13
14 As for the original poster, you could just tell dhcpd not to
15 overwrite your resolv.conf. But I think you'd be better off re-
16 evaluating your situation. What are you trying to achieve?
17
18 -B