[Cialug] help me tame my router?
Jon Clemons
cialug@cialug.org
Thu, 26 May 2005 17:59:49 -0500
Well taming that router seems to be an issue for some folks.
You might try something like below.
prepend domain-name "my.nameserver.net ";
prepend domain-name-servers 194.0.0.1;
supersede domain-name "my.nameserver.net "
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From: "Darcy Baston" <darcybaston@mac.com>
To: <cialug@cialug.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 5:24 PM
Subject: [Cialug] help me tame my router?
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> I've got a QWest Actiontec DSL wireless router that's being a real
> pain. It keeps managing to send a nameserver value of 192.168.0.1,
> and it goes into /etc/resolv.conf. It's confused both Debian 3 and
> the latest Ubuntu, while OS X Tiger handles it just fine. When this
> happens, DNS breaks on the Linux distro and I have to manually edit
> the file to take out the offending line before I can resume using the
> net.
>
> It auto changes resolv.conf and introduces that garbage every time
> the router gets a new IP address.
>
> Can you suggest where in the router I can stop it from suggesting
> that incorrect IP address? 192.168.0.1 is what I normally use for
> configuring the router.
>
> The configuration options the router offers include:
>
> WAN IP Address
> Wireless Settings
> Wireless Authentication
> Wireless Advanced Settings
> LAN IP Address
> DHCP Server
> Services Blocking
> Website Blocking
> Remote Management
> Port Forwarding
> DMZ Hosting
> Firewall
> Dynamic Routing
> NAT
> Static Routing
> Telnet Timeout Setting
>
> warm wishes,
> Darcy
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