Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless DHCP takes over resolv.conf

[Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>]

On 11/07/2016 20:13, Mick wrote:
> On Monday 11 Jul 2016 17:31:29 Alan McKinnon wrote:
>> On 11/07/2016 10:32, Emanuele Rusconi wrote:
>>> Wouldn't it be better to just use the same servers for both wired and
>>> wireless? It's what I use and it works flawlessly.
>>
>> It works flawlessly *for you*, but by no means can you consider it
>> correct or stable.
>>
>> There is no guarantee that a wired and wireless network will use the
>> same dns caches.
>
> Yep, furthermore this is a laptop which is taken around the place and plugged
> in and out of wired and wireless networks.
>
>
>> If it happens to work, great, use it. But be aware there will come a day
>> when that is no longer true.
>
> When I get a minute I'll have a look at net-dns/openresolv which Fernando
> suggested.  I think it will do what want.
>

why don't you go with the dns server addresses supplied by each 
network's dhcp? Presumably the admin put them their because they work on 
that network.