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#1 2008-03-13 00:14:38
- paulfxh
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[Solved] Although I'm using DHCP I want fixed DNS
I'm using a wired internet connection (eth0) configured as dhcp and this works fine.
However, I don't want dhcp to choose my DNS servers.
In other distros, I can get around this by adding my preferred DNS addresses as prepends in the /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf file (or it may be /etc/dhclient.conf).
However, I can't find anything equivalent here in ArchLinux.
Can somebody please advise me how to do this.
Thanks
Paul
Last edited by paulfxh (2008-03-13 20:20:44)
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#2 2008-03-13 00:16:45
- skymt
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Re: [Solved] Although I'm using DHCP I want fixed DNS
Add "-R" to DHCPCD_ARGS in /etc/conf.d/dhcpcd, then set up your nameservers as usual in /etc/resolv.conf.
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#3 2008-03-13 00:18:20
- Misfit138
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Re: [Solved] Although I'm using DHCP I want fixed DNS
If you use DHCP and you don't want your DNS servers to change every time you start your network, add the "-R" option to DHCPCD_ARGS in /etc/conf.d/dhcpcd (used by /etc/rc.d/network). This prevents DHCP from rewriting your /etc/resolv.conf every time:
DHCPCD_ARGS="-R -t 30 -h $HOSTNAME"From http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Configuring_network
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#4 2008-03-13 08:11:28
- paulfxh
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Re: [Solved] Although I'm using DHCP I want fixed DNS
Thank you for the replies.
That worked perfectly for me.
For any other newbie who may be wondering why I want to do this, my browser works abominably slowly without this.
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#5 2008-03-13 08:32:41
- iphitus
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Re: [Solved] Although I'm using DHCP I want fixed DNS
If you're using netcfg2, just specify your DNS options in your profile, and it will prevent dhcp overwriting them.
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#6 2008-03-26 21:27:31
- mico
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Re: [Solved] Although I'm using DHCP I want fixed DNS
If you're using netcfg2, just specify your DNS options in your profile, and it will prevent dhcp overwriting them.
How exactly do I do that? I just want to keep old /etc/resolv.conf and whatever contents it has, including comments. I know only how to set specific DNS servers with DNS1 and DNS2 options.
BTW, why doesn't netcfg respect arguments in /etc/conf.d/dhcpcd ?
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