Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2001 01:57:06 -0500 From: "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> To: "Trevin Chow" <tmchow@sfu.ca> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: how to set DNS server IP? Message-ID: <006601c08dae$86047980$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> References: <Pine.GSO.4.30.0102022148410.462-100000@fraser.sfu.ca> <Pine.GSO.4.30.0102022148410.462-100000@fraser.sfu.ca> <5.0.2.1.2.20010202221858.00ad3010@popserver.sfu.ca>
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From my experience, brain-dead Windows will only use the DHCP-supplied values for DNS if NOTHING is entered in the DNS tab under TCP/IP Properties in Control Panel -> Network. If you've got any IPs in as DNS server it will use them instead of the DHCP values. Matt > Shouldn't this information be set by DHCP from my freebsd box? > It's getting the gateway IP, so there must be some way of setting it up on > the freebsd box. > > At 12:16 AM 2/3/2001 -0600, Victor R. Cardona wrote: > >I believe that you have to change the name server IP addresses manually. > >I don't know about NT or W2K, but on Win95 and Win98 there will be a tab > >in the TCP/IP properties section that will allow you to configure which > >nameservers you use. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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