On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 20:25, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> I have a laptop that sometimes is on fixed ip wireless
> networks. Since dhcp is not involved, there is nothing that updates
> resolvconf, which could be pointing to an inaccurate set of servers.
If you bring the interface up with ifup then the solution is
to put the nameserver address on a "dns-nameservers" line in
the interface definition stanza. E.g.,
iface eth0-home inet static
address 192.168.0.1
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.0.254
dns-nameservers 192.168.1.1
When this interface is ifupped, 192.168.1.1 will be added to the
list of nameservers in /etc/resolv.conf (and to the nameserver
list for dnsmasq if you are using dnsmasq, and to the forwarder
list if you are using bind9).
> The solution, in my case, was to add the following start and
> stop functions to the relevant stanza's (edit for the static dns
> servers)
>
> # Extra stuff to do after setting up the interface
> start_fn () {
> [ -x /sbin/resolvconf ] && \
> echo "nameserver 127.0.0.1" | /sbin/resolvconf -a $DEVICE;
> [ -x /sbin/resolvconf ] && \
> echo "nameserver 192.168.1.10" | /sbin/resolvconf -a $DEVICE;
> [ -x /sbin/resolvconf ] && \
> echo "nameserver 198.6.1.4" | /sbin/resolvconf -a $DEVICE;
> }
> # Extra stuff to do before shutting down the interface
> stop_fn () { [ -x /sbin/resolvconf ] && /sbin/resolvconf -d $DEVICE; }
You must be referring to /etc/pcmcia/network.opts here. Hmm, yes.
If you are using the /etc/pcmcia/ stuff to configure PCMCIA network
interfaces then this is a sensible thing to do.
My own preference is to disable everything in /etc/pcmcia/network.opts
and set things up so that hotplug does ifup and ifup configures the
interface in the standard way. Then I can use dns-nameservers lines
for PCMCIA network interfaces too.
--
Thomas Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
