NetworkManager: How to set caching nameserver?
sean darcy
seandarcy2 at gmail.com
Thu Jul 10 17:10:21 UTC 2008
sean darcy wrote:
> NM sets my nameserver based on the isp, which is _very_ slow. I've set
> up a local caching nameserver which works well. But how do I tell NM to
> use 127.0.0.1??
>
> I've set up dhclient.conf with a prepend statement. If I just run
> dhclient that works, i.e. /etc/resolv.conf has the local nameserver. But
> if I just start NM, it doesn't. It looks like NM tells /sbin/dhclient
> not to use the .conf file.
>
> So now I manually edit the resolv.conf file. How can I configure NM to
> use the local nameserver?
>
> sean
>
And yes, I did try the DNS box in the NM edit connection box. But that
appends the local nameserver to the isp nameserver. I want the caching
nameserver to be prepended - that is, come first.
sean
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