Question on resolv.conf

HI. I'm new, but I'm learning fast. I had a problem where everytime I
loaded a web page it would take for ever to "lookup" the address. I was
advised to go to /etc/resolv.conf and update the DNS server. Actually
it just required me eliminating the first choice on the list which was
for whatever reason my router. So, I went in and moved that line to the
bottom, and saved the file, and everything worked fantastic. Then later
I shut down the computer. Next time I went to be on line, it was slow
again. So I rechecked the resolv.conf file and the router line was
back! It never saved it. I've tried eliminating the line, and no
matter what I do, it won't permanently save it when I reboot. I suppose
I could just keep the computer going all the time, or simply just edit
the file before I start a session, but there's got to be a better way.
By the way I am running Fedora.
Thanks
Red

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Thanks
Red

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 05:39:26 -0500, red <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
| HI. I'm new, but I'm learning fast. I had a problem where everytime I
| loaded a web page it would take for ever to "lookup" the address. I was
| advised to go to /etc/resolv.conf and update the DNS server. Actually
| it just required me eliminating the first choice on the list which was
| for whatever reason my router. So, I went in and moved that line to the
| bottom, and saved the file, and everything worked fantastic. Then later
| I shut down the computer. Next time I went to be on line, it was slow
| again. So I rechecked the resolv.conf file and the router line was
| back! It never saved it. I've tried eliminating the line, and no
| matter what I do, it won't permanently save it when I reboot. I suppose
| I could just keep the computer going all the time, or simply just edit
| the file before I start a session, but there's got to be a better way.
| By the way I am running Fedora.
| Thanks
| Red


The file is probably being redone by your DHCP client each time you
get assigned an IP address. Depending on what DHCP client you use, you
can put an option in it's config file to stop this happening.


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On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 05:39:26 -0500, red wrote:

> HI. I'm new, but I'm learning fast. I had a problem where everytime I
> loaded a web page it would take for ever to "lookup" the address. I was
> advised to go to /etc/resolv.conf and update the DNS server. Actually
> it just required me eliminating the first choice on the list which was
> for whatever reason my router. So, I went in and moved that line to the
> bottom, and saved the file, and everything worked fantastic. Then later
> I shut down the computer. Next time I went to be on line, it was slow
> again. So I rechecked the resolv.conf file and the router line was
> back!

if tmdns is running, stop it from running during startup.