[ccoss] Re: Glastonbury library Internet connection question

  • From: Christopher Paulin <cpaulin@xxxxxxx>
  • To: ccoss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 23:11:42 -0500

Another question: Does /sbin/dhcpcd update /etc/resolv.conf?

Does it replace Cox Cable's DNS information with the Glastonbury 
library's? Can I use Cox's? How does this all work? I wrote down the 
library's DNS servers.

With /etc/resolv.conf uncommented:

root@p200:~# ping www.ccoss.org
PING www.ccoss.org (209.43.95.190): 56 octets data
64 octets from 209.43.95.190: icmp_seq=0 ttl=239 time=39.9 ms
64 octets from 209.43.95.190: icmp_seq=1 ttl=239 time=43.5 ms
64 octets from 209.43.95.190: icmp_seq=2 ttl=239 time=40.9 ms

--- www.ccoss.org ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 39.9/41.4/43.5 ms
(Cntl-C)
root@p200:~#

With /etc/resolv.conf commented out:

root@p200:~# ping www.ccoss.org
ping: unknown host www.ccoss.org
root@p200:~#

Christopher Paulin

dave wrote:

>Bill wrote:
>  
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>>1. what makes it important
>>
>>2. can't you let your distribution's dhcp configuration ocnfigure all 
>>that stuff for you? (ip, gateway in particular....)
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>>    
>>
>
>yeah, dhcpcd should grab it all.
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