[SOLVED] How to use router name server

rdx · 03-15-2014, 09:26 PM

I just put Slackware 14.1 on a system which is part of a LAN that connects to the internet through a router. The name server info is programmed into the router and it works fine for all systems except this new one. Networking works fine if I provide an IP address but URLs are not resolved properly. Can someone tell me how to configure my system to fix this?

allend · 03-15-2014, 09:47 PM

If your network is using static addressing, then put a line like this in /etc/resolv.conf

Code:

nameserver <IP address of your router>

If your network is using dynamic addressing, then the DHCP client should automatically update /etc/resolv.conf provided that /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf is properly setup.

For further information, this may help. http://docs.slackware.com/slackware:...e_your_network

rdx · 03-15-2014, 11:07 PM

Excellent! Thanks.