Re: nslookup from behing router/modem

michael(cs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) is reported to have said:
On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 13:17 -0400, Wayne Topa wrote:
michael(cs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) is reported to have said:
On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 15:40 +0100, michael wrote:
On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 15:08 +0100, Liam O'Toole wrote:
On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:47:30 +0100
michael <cs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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I'll investigate. thanks, Michael



okay, it's nothing to do with speedtouch (sorry steve) since I've
update-rc.d remove speedtouch

but somehow /etc/ppp/resolv.conf is being created at boot time with
correct nameservers but an empty search string...

any ideas? something to do with /etc/ppp/ip*d/0000usepeerdns
but I've no idea how/when they are used and why?!?

Only one I can think of, do you have the resolvconf package installed?

I don't think so:
manchester-campaigns:/etc/network# dpkg -l |grep resolv
manchester-campaigns:/etc/network#

VT4 wtopa-dj-TESTING:~$ dpkg -l |grep resolv
i resolvconf 1.37 nameserver information handler

VT4 wtopa-dj-TESTING:~$ apt-cache show resolvconf
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Description: nameserver information handler
Resolvconf is a framework for keeping track of the system's
information about currently available nameservers. It sets
itself up as the intermediary between programs that supply
nameserver information and programs that use nameserver
information. Examples of programs that supply nameserver
information are: ifupdown, DHCP clients, the PPP daemon and
local nameservers. Examples of programs that use this
information are: DNS caches, resolver libraries and the
programs that use them.


manchester-campaigns:/etc/network# dpkg -l |grep dhcp
ii dhcp-client 2.0pl5-19.3 DHCP
Client
manchester-campaigns:/etc/network#

I use dhcp3-client which works with resolvconf, and also does dynamic
DNS. I don't know about the older (?) dhcp-client.

Neither of which would have solved your, wrong DNS address, though.

Wayne

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