Re: DNS when using Static IP

[Andreas Oberritter <obi@opendreambox.org>]

Hello Tarek,

On 02.05.2014 13:04, Tarek El-Sherbiny wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I'm trying to set my IP config to a static address.
> 
> iface eth0 inet static
>      address 192.168.55.45
>      network 192.168.55.0
>      netmask 255.255.255.0
>      broadcast 192.168.55.255
>      gateway 192.168.55.1
>      dns-nameservers 192.168.10.2

FWIW, in Debian-based systems, which is where ifupdown comes from, you
need to install the resolvconf package in order to handle
dns-nameservers entries. I don't know whether that's compatible with
busybox' implementation of ifupdown, though.

Regards,
Andreas

> 
> But I don't get the DNS server address to be included in /etc/resolv.conf
> 
> If I run in dchp mode, then the resolv.conf is updated with my DNS address.
> Is there something I'm missing here in my setup?
> 
> 
> -- 
> /Tarek/
> 
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