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From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>
Subject: Re: what do I need so FreeBSD submits DNS requests to my ISP 
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Mike Meyer writes:
> Len Conrad <LConrad@Go2France.com> types:
> > >the system doesn't seem to know where to direct dns requests.
> > man resolv.conf
> 
> If you're using a dynamic IP address, you may want to check with your
> ISP, and see if they are providing the name server addresses via
> DHCP. If so, you need to check the dhcp setup.

If he is using dhclient (which is the stock FreeBSD DHCP) then he can 
see what info the ISP is providing by reading /var/db/dhclient.leases

lease {
  interface "fxp0";
  fixed-address 24.214.56.129;
  option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
  option routers 24.214.56.1;
  option domain-name-servers 207.230.75.222,207.230.75.221,207.230.75.34;
  option domain-name "knology.net";
  option dhcp-lease-time 7200;
  option dhcp-message-type 5;
  option dhcp-server-identifier 209.192.63.10;
  option dhcp-renewal-time 3600;
  option dhcp-rebinding-time 6300;
  renew 5 2001/2/16 01:39:05;
  rebind 5 2001/2/16 02:24:05;
  expire 5 2001/2/16 02:39:05;
}


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David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net
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