[sclug] Finally getting broadband and resolv.conf

[Chris Aitken]

> Hi everybody
> 
> Finally got Broadband today, with BT Yahoo, and to no 
> surprise, all the installation manuals were biased and 
> windows based. However, I got hunting, and I found linux 
> support for the hardware.
> 
> The modem itself is USB based, the model is Thompson/Alcatel 
> Speedtouch 330. I have found drivers for it, and by compiling 
> the driver, I have verification that the modem is workinig, 
> however, one problem is being reported, that the DNS server 
> cannot be identified, and that resolv.conf cannot be read 
> correctly. I'm pretty new to the whole conecpt of resolv.conf 
> (Didn't know the file existed beforehand) but I'm guessing 
> that it stores the IP addresses of the DNS servers of BT 
> Yahoo, however, I don't have the faintest of ideas on how to 
> write this file. I can get the required IP information but 
> have no idea how it should be set out.
> 
> Anyone willing to lend me a helping hand?

Mine says:

search svs.co.uk
nameserver 192.168.0.5


We have in house DNS.

Yours will need a minimum of:

nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xx1
nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xx2

Its 644 root.root


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