Sean Miller wrote: > On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 12:08 PM, Mac > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Modwen Road >> Salford M5 3EZ >> United Kingdom >> >> You see: Salford. You've got to worry, haven't you?! ;-) > > I'd be more worried if it was Bucharest... > >> I guess that NetworkManager will have picked up the DNS IP from the >> router, and written it to /etc/resolv.conf? > > Sounds slightly odd to me... I'd normally expect the router's IP to be > there alone with DHCP... who's your ISP, btw? Could it be they use > Netservices?
I use Fasthosts as my ISP; they have their own DNS, and don't use Netservices (I rang to check). I've been digging about a bit, and it looks like the Netservices' DNS is used by various firms. (I'm wondering whether I didn't latch on to it somewhere as a DNS that provided an anonymous service. Does that ring any bells with anyone?) As for the contents of /etc/resolv.conf, it gets modified if you go to System>Administration>Network>DNS, and 'add' DNS IPs there. That's where the Netservices IPs were listed as the DNSs, and where I replaced it with the Fasthosts DNS IPs (primary and secondary). But I found that all the computers on the LAN had the same /etc/resolv.conf - and I've variously got Gutsy, Hardy, and Debian Etch installed on desktops and laptops. I didn't set the networks up manually, so I can only think that the settings in /etc/resolv.conf must be read from the router DNS IP settings during installation. (The common denominator is, of course, NetworkManager. Presumably that's what's picking up the settings?) Mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/