[Wolves] /etc/resolv.conf

[Stuart Langridge]

Matthew Revell wrote:
> Anyone got any tips for what should be in my /etc/resolv.conf file? my 
> domain resolutions are horrifically slow at the moment.
> 
> Here's what it's got:
> 
> nameserver 192.168.8.1
> nameserver 139.175.55.244

Right. 192.168.8.1, by virtue of being in the 192.168.* subnet, is an 
internal address on your network. Is it a DNS server? Your Smoothwall 
box should be a DNS server, so that should point at your smoothwall box :)

The other one, 139.175.55.244, is a DNS server.

In Taiwan.

Imagine my surprise that it is slow :)

Since (iirc) you're a Blueyonder person, try adding
"nameserver 62.31.176.115" instead, which is a BY DNS server. (If I'm 
wrong, use your ISP's DNS server. Don't use one in Taiwan :) )

> I've tried commenting out each in turn, but it seems to make no 
> difference. Is it perhaps something to do with my /etc/hosts file? That 
> currently looks like:
> 
> 127.0.0.1    Lyne localhost
> 192.18.8.18     loopback

This should all be fine.

> # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
> # (added automatically by netbase upgrade)
> 
> ::1     ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
> fe00::0 ip6-localnet
> ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
> ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
> ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
> ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
> As an aside, do I need all that ipv6 stuff in there?

Depends. If you're sure enough of IPv6 that you know you *don't* need 
it, then take it out :) I trust the Debian netbase maintainer more than 
I trust myself to know about this stuff, so I leave it in :)

Aq.