On Dec 8, 2010, at 4:24 PM, Mike Burger wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Not having issues setting this in Ubuntu or Windows but I cannot seem
>> to add a static DNS or search path without it getting over written
>> when networks restarts.
>>
>> The file dhclient.conf seems ignored.
>>
>> I would like to simply have a fixed DNS and search path added to what
>> ever was found by the dhcp client.
>>
>> So I don't think peersdns=no is an option.
>>
>> Any advice is greatly appreciated.
>
> I note that you've specified in your message that you've specified the
> option as "peerdns" but it should be uppercase, a la:
>
> PEERDNS=no
Yes, I know.
>
>
> As to the static IP, that's specified from the DHCP server. If you're
> running a Linux based DHCP server, you set up the dhcpd.conf like so
> for
> that client
>
> host some-system {
> hardware ethernet XX:XX:XX:XX:XX;
> fixed-address XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX;
> }
>
Well, I as wrong, /etc/dhclient.conf is respected by the OS and works
when I add;
supersede domain-name "value";
prepend domain-name-servers value;
no quotes on the second value.
- aurf