From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 15 18:04:16 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDADF16A47E for ; Mon, 15 Jan 2007 18:04:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chandler@chapman.edu) Received: from calais.chapman.edu (calais.chapman.edu [192.77.116.205]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B55A713C465 for ; Mon, 15 Jan 2007 18:04:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chandler@chapman.edu) Received: from [206.211.142.181] (ist181.chapman.edu [206.211.142.181]) by calais.chapman.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C36C2EA40; Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:04:18 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <45ABC21E.1060802@chapman.edu> Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:04:14 -0800 From: Jay Chandler User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux quest References: <20070115145736.16000.qmail@web59204.mail.re1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20070115145736.16000.qmail@web59204.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Chapman-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-Chapman-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Chapman-MailScanner-From: chandler@chapman.edu X-Spam-Status: No Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DNS Resolver Problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 18:04:16 -0000 linux quest wrote: > I have a problem with the DNS setting in FreeBSD. Every 1 hour, I will not be able to ping google.com (because I need to type in my ISP's DNS into /etc/resolv.conf) May I know what is the best solution for this, so that I do not have to type in my ISP's DNS to the resolver all the time? Perhaps, should I set a static IP configuration? If so, may I know which file should I modify? > > Thanks. > Their DNS changes hourly? What the heck ISP are you using that pulls such things? Or do you mean to say that you're on DHCP, and when it renews the lease it clears out DNS info? -- Jay Chandler Network Administrator, Chapman University 714.628.7249 / chandler@chapman.edu Today's Excuse: emissions from GSM-phones