[ale] Linspire 5.0 Internet Connection

[Chris]

/etc/resolv.conf


On Nov 30, 2006, at 7:49 PM, Sean Kilpatrick wrote:

> On Thursday 30 November 2006 18:09, Roger Hammons wrote:
> | I thought the ISP
> | always provided DNS service automatically,
>
> Well, yes and no.
>
> Your ISP provides one or more DNS servers. But you have to tell
> the OS where they are.
>
> I use KDE and I get there this way:
>
> desktop menu > System Tools > Network Device control (needs root
> password) >configure eth0 > DNS tab ... and input the numeric  
> addresses
> for your primary and secondary DNS servers.  (If you don't know the
> addresses, call your ISP tech support.)
>
> I am sure there is a config file that can be edited, I just don't know
> its name so I let the GUI do it for me.
>
> Sean
>
>
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