Bob Proulx wrote: > Kent West wrote: > >> I replaced a dead router the other day with a new Belkin F5D7230-4 >> wireless/4-port unit. >> > > First let me say that I am not familiar with that particular piece of > hardware. > >From Wal-Mart; about $40. Wireless G Router with 4 wired ports.
>> When networking starts on my Etch box, /etc/resolv.conf gets rewritten >> like so: >> >> search hydroplatenet >> nameserver 192.168.2.1 >> nameserver 208.180.42.68 >> nameserver 208.180.42.100 >> > > I assume this interface is configured using DHCP? Are you using > 'resolvconf'? What is in your /etc/network/interfaces file for that > interface? > Yes, DHCP. > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/westk> cat /etc/network/interfaces > # /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8) > > # The loopback interface > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > > # The first network card - this entry was created during the Debian > installation > auto eth0 > iface eth0 inet dhcp (Actually, this particular interfaces file is from a totally different machine, but it also has the same symptoms. Also, when I booted this machine up with a Knoppix LiveCD, it too go the bogus Belkin DNS entry in resolv.conf. So I now know it's not machine- or Debian-specific, although it might be Debian-derived-specific.) >> Web browsing (and other name-dependent Intarweb Pipes stuff) is very >> slow with these settings, but if I comment/remove the first nameserver >> line, which is the address of the Belkin router, things are fine. >> > > Some routers proxy DNS information through themselves. On the boxes I > have seen that do this it is configurable and can be turned off. It > appears to me from reading your report that the Belkin box has offered > its own address as a DNS server in addition to some upstream DNS > server. > That's the way it seems to me also, but when Belkin support told me that their router does NOT offer its own address as a DNS server, I figured I better double-check with other Debianistas before concluding that Belkin support doesn't know what they're talking about. > Inspect the Belkin client DNS configuration and see if that address > has been added to the configuration or if there is a way to remove > that configuration. I don't find any such settings; here's a snapshot of the only relevant page on the Belkin setup that I can find: http://www.acu.edu/~westk/belkin.jpg > If they hear Debian GNU/Linux they will probably drop your support > call immediately too. Sigh. It would be useful to crosscheck this > with tests from other operating system clients. Ag! I'm so dense. I'm so accustomed to being a Debian-only house that I forgot my work laptop is dual-boot with Vista. I'll give that a shot. Thanks! > When you say Debian here you really should say dhcp3 client or pump or > other specific dhcp client that you have installed. If you don't know > then you are probably using dhcp3. > Yes, dhcp3. > Commodity routers such as those are inexpensive. Return yours and buy > a different brand that works correctly and avoid the problem. > Thanks for the response! I appreciate it! -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
