Hello all,

First post.

How can I set up Mandriva so that the wifi connection wlan0 and the 3g modem ppp0 always use the same DNS servers? I would like to use openDNS servers. At the moment, system-supplied DNS servers are always used. /etc/resolv.conf contains a warning not to edit the file as it will be overwritten.

After reading other posts, I tried to set it in ifcfg-wlan0 and ifcfg-ppp0 using PEERDNS=no, DNS1=nnnn, DNS2=nnn, but this did not seem to work after closing the connection and reconnecting? How else can I do it?

Thanks.

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System: Mandriva 2009.0 Kernel 2.6.27.19-desktop Icewm ROX on Thinkpad T22

Since you have a wifi connection, did you change the DNS addresses in your router?

Typically, routers pass their DNS settings back to your network.

I just set it up on a similar config. I had to change the DNS settings in my router, a Linksys, and I had to change them to match in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

This is on Mandy 2009 also.

Hi, a service called mandi fetches the info from the devices, if

you want to set resolv.conf to the dns you desire, switch off the mandi service.

And it may not be overwritten at boot.

I need to do this for my 3g connection as the "wins addresses" from the modem are useless on my mandriva 2009.0 system.

Cheers Glenn

You can tell Mandriva which DNS servers to use when you configure your connection. Clear the check mark labeled Get DNS servers from DHCP, then enter the server IP addresses manually. You should be able to do this with any Network configuration you set up in MCC (The Mandriva Control Center) located at Tools > System Tools > Configure your computer in the menu system. In MCC, navigate to Network & Internet > Set up a new network interface (LAN, ISDN, ADSL, ...).

HTH,