Chris: I'm responding to your message of Dec. 4 on this thread. I inadvertantly deleted it in my email reader while intending to send a reply. (I'm new to the Evolution email program. My Thunderbird profile got broken when I switched ISP's from dial-up to DSL and I can't fix it.)
You asked what DNS servers I entered into /etc/resolv.conf when I switched to static IP. I switched to static IP using the GUI (Fedora/KDE: Network Device Control -> configure -> eth0). I entered the addresses that I had found in the modem configuration screens while I was still using dynamic IP. Primary DNS is 68.237.161.12. Secondary DNS is 71.250.0.12. These both verify as Verizon DNS servers. My /etc/resolv.conf contains: ; generated by /sbin/dhclient-script search myhome.westell.com nameserver 192.168.1.1 nameserver 192.168.1.1 This is the same as when I was using dynamic IP. "Bit Twister" had several comments about this: 1. cat /etc/resolv.conf should show only one nameserver line. If two, your dhcp client is still running. (I don't see any evidence that my dhcp client is still running. As I mentioned, my "leases" file has not changed since Nov. 7). 2.I would delete the search line to speed up DNS lookups. and change the second nameserver to a public one if me. _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Dec 5 - Open Source Show and Tell Jan 2 - TBD Feb 6 - DBUS Mar 5 - Setting up a platform-independent home/small office network using Linux
