Re: cable modem, dhcp and dns

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 11:10:15AM -0500, Tim Currie wrote:
> > I have RH9 installed and working with my cable modem, but I had to hard
> > code my dns ip addresses in /etc/resolv.conf  for the browser to work.
> > dhcp gets the ip address and default gateway, but for whatever reason,
> > not the dns settings.  Any ideas why not?
> >
> > thanks,
> 
> Hi!
>   I used to have exactly the opposite problem: DHCP server kept
> over-writing my local DNS server settings. Either Bob McClure or Rick
> Stevens helped me out. I think the problem was in
> /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0, and was called PEERDNS. I
> set it to "no" and my problem went away. Perhaps you need to set it to
> "yes"?
> 
> -Tim

That would have been Rick.  I'm not that bright. :-)

Cheers,
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