Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 18:38:45 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> Cc: Daniel Killingsworth <dankilling@hotmail.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Netscape configuration Message-ID: <20000523183845.A233@parish> In-Reply-To: <20000523202516.C26619@physics.iisc.ernet.in>; from rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in on Tue, May 23, 2000 at 08:25:16PM %2B0530 References: <20000523144238.95459.qmail@hotmail.com> <20000523201708.A26619@physics.iisc.ernet.in> <20000523202516.C26619@physics.iisc.ernet.in>
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On Tue, May 23, 2000 at 08:25:16PM +0530, Rahul Siddharthan wrote:
> Rahul Siddharthan said on May 23, 2000 at 20:17:09:
> > Edit /etc/resolv.conf, and insert the IP address of your ISP's DNS server.
>
> Should have been clearer: insert a line like the following
> nameserver 12.34.56.78
> replacing the number with the IP address of your nameserver.
>
If you have the line
enable dns
in /etc/ppp/ppp.conf then /etc/resolv.conf will get updated with the
correct nameserver IPs automatically everytime you connect to your
ISP. Well, it will with most ISPs, I did have one where it didn't
work.
> R.
>
>
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