Re: getting static dns

GROG! (Jeff Howie) wrote:
> Ah. Now a little light-bubl goes off in my little newbie brain :?). I
> didn't realize that udhcpc is the dhcp requester, correct? I was
> having a problem but trying to fix it the wrong way.
>   

udhcpc = micro dhcp client :-)

> Let's start over. Going back to my original post with my original
> interfaces entry:
>
>     iface eth0 inet static
>         wireless_mode xxxxxxx
>         wireless_essid xxxxxxx
>         wireless_key xxxxxxxxxxx
>         wireless_channel x
>         gateway 10.0.0.1
>         netmask 255.255.255.0
>         address 10.0.0.199
>
> I connect to my router just fine, obtaining the ip that I request. My
> actual _problem_ (which I tried solving using udhcpc %^o) is that I'm
> not getting proper dns. I can ping other boxes, both local & remote,
> by ip but not by name. Now when using dhcp (as I now know I was
> forcing it do do) I get assigned the dns servers properly from the
> router, so what do I have to do to get them recognized statically?
>   
you need to add your DNS server to /etc/resolv.conf.

Be careful though - I haven't been through the config scripts for the 
zaurus; on many machines that are typically networked /etc/resolv.conf 
is dynamically generated at boot time or at lease renew time.

I don't know if OZ does this.

For the layout of the file, man resolv.conf or google for 'manpage 
resolv.conf'

--Yan

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