Why doesn't Wicd use OpenDNS after I configured to (on debian jessie)?

TheBatmanKiller · 08-18-2014, 12:53 PM

I have recently signed up OpenDNS, but I can't get it working. I have tried a least 3 different methods (modify /etc/resolv.conf, add something to /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf, etc), but none work. I am wondering why wicd doesn't use the OpenDNS servers, even though I set it to? (By the way, I use Google Chrome and Firefox as my default browsers, although I occasionally use Midori)

ondoho · 08-18-2014, 02:38 PM

i noticed that wicd has an option to use specific dns servers.
nifty.

how do you know what nameservers your system is actually using?
i would guess it's using those that actually are in resolv.conf.

and what exactly does "add something to /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf" mean?

TheBatmanKiller · 08-18-2014, 06:42 PM

I followed a guide and put this "option domain-name-servers x.y.z.1 x.y.z.2" in /etc/dhcp/dhclient

It didn't work.

I checked my resolv.conf to see that it was overwritten to the default for my system.

In wicd, wlan0 and eth0 are set to use the the OpenDNS servers as the default DNS server.

ondoho · 08-19-2014, 03:34 AM

i've been tinkering with resolv.conf a while ago and remember that it wasn't so easy - please check out this even if you're not using archlinux.

if the problem remains we can continue later today..

TheBatmanKiller · 08-19-2014, 06:22 PM

Thanks for the tip, but I will have to wait to try it. School just started back up, and there's a lot of stuff I have to do now.

metaschima · 08-19-2014, 06:46 PM

Just go to the wicd options and set it there, that's how I set it.

TheBatmanKiller · 08-20-2014, 07:55 AM

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Just go to the wicd options and set it there, that's how I set it.

That's what I did in the first place. It didn't work, obviously, because this thread exists.

metaschima · 08-20-2014, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by TheBatmanKiller

That's what I did in the first place. It didn't work, obviously, because this thread exists.

How do you know it doesn't work ? How are you testing it ?

Set them as global DNS servers and make sure all connections use them.

TheBatmanKiller · 08-20-2014, 07:21 PM

I've been going to OpenDNS's test pages and they all say I am not using OpenDNS's servers. That is how I know it doesn't work.

metaschima · 08-20-2014, 08:24 PM

Weird, that has never happened before. You can either try network manager instead, or you can set the DNS servers on your router.

Also, resolv.conf tends to be overwritten by dhcpcd and dhclient, so you will need to configure these to not overwrite it if you want to put the DNS servers there.

TheBatmanKiller · 08-21-2014, 09:14 AM

Well, I have gotten it working for the moment. Here's my resolv.conf

supersede domain-name-server 208.67.222.222,208.67.220.220

# OpenDNS IPv4 nameservers
nameserver 208.67.222.222
nameserver 208.67.220.220

# OpenDNS IPv6 nameservers
nameserver 2620:0:ccc::2
nameserver 2620:0:ccd::2

# My router's ip address
nameserver 192.168.42.7

Then I used "resolvconf --disable-updates"
Let's just see if it works in the long run.

EDIT (Later that day):
I turned on my computer again and guess what? Resolv.conf was overwriten.