[gentoo-user] PPP and reseting the DNS servers.

[gentoo-user] PPP and reseting the DNS servers.

[Dale]

Hi folks,

I use dial-up and sometimes my ISP "looses" its DNS server for some
reason.  If I try to go to a site, it just says looking up and sits
there until it times out.  Going to the IP directly still works.  My
question is this, is there a way to "reset" the DNS servers listed in
/etc/resolv.conf?  I notice I have a script /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/40-dns.sh
that according to what I read is what sets the DNS server when I
connect.  Is it safe for me to run that manually?

The reason I don't want to reconnect is because it is hard to get a good
connection out here.  I usually get 19.2k but sometimes 21.6k.  If I
keep trying I can get a 24k connection but it takes several times to get
that even.  If I get a good one, I get a good tight grip on that puppy. 
;-)

Thanks for the help.

Dale

:-)  :-) 

Re: [gentoo-user] PPP and reseting the DNS servers.

[Willie Wong]

On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 07:01:37PM -0500, Penguin Lover Dale squawked:
> I use dial-up and sometimes my ISP "looses" its DNS server for some
> reason.  If I try to go to a site, it just says looking up and sits
> there until it times out.  Going to the IP directly still works.  My
> question is this, is there a way to "reset" the DNS servers listed in
> /etc/resolv.conf?  I notice I have a script /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/40-dns.sh
> that according to what I read is what sets the DNS server when I
> connect.  Is it safe for me to run that manually?


If your provider's DNS server is unreliable, perhaps try a work around
and use OpenDNS? Their nameservers are at 208.67.222.222 and
208.67.220.220. You have to hardcode that into resolv.conf, and run
dhcpcd with '-C resolv.conf'. 

W

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