[sclug] Finally getting broadband and resolv.conf

[David Newcomb]

According to:
http://forums.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/forum_posts.asp?TID=1856&PN=1
The DNS IPaddresses are as follows. If you phone BT they will tell
you what they are.

If you edit the /etc/resolv.conf with:

------CUT----------
nameserver 194.74.65.69
nameserver 194.74.65.68
nameserver 194.72.9.38
------CUT----------

that should do it.

HTH,
David.

Sandeep Varma said:
> 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?
>
> Thanks in Advance
>
> --------------------------------------------
>
> Sandeep Varma, Slough, UK
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Regards,
David
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