[Sussex] Gentoo Network Problems

[John D.]

Stephen Williams wrote:
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>Personally I always ensure that I have a resolv.conf entry pointing to
>my internet gateway. The internet gateway then redirects nameserver
>requests to the ISP's name server as set by DHCP when you establish your
>broadband connection.
>
So would that still affect me ? i.e. not having the gateway entry there, 
as my connection is static and I don't use any DHCP that I know of.

I could always add it, though I still don't quite follow if its 
necessary or not.

regards

John D.