Static DNS using NetwotkManager

[roberto60]

Hi
I installed my Huawei E220 USB card for HSDPA connection on opensuse 11.0 and it worked out of the box with NetworkManager.
I want to use OpenDNS name servers and not the name servers dinamically set by my provider.
I tryed setting the keyword

MODIFY_RESOLV_CONF_STATIC_DNS

with the IP of the OpenDNS but it doesn't work the DNS used was the ones supplied by the provider.
Is it possible to solve the problem?

[supertimorplusfort]

Hi. If you can't tell Knetworkmanager (or gnomenetworkmanager) to use your preferred nameserser you can modify "NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SERVERS" in "/etc/sysconfig/network/config". Maybe that helps...

[roberto60]

thank you but on my Opensuse 11.0 I wasn't able to find any key like:

"NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SERVERS"

roberto60 wrote:

> I installed my Huawei E220 USB card for HSDPA connection on opensuse
> 11.0 and it worked out of the box with NetworkManager.
> I want to use OpenDNS name servers and not the name servers
> dinamically set by my provider.
> I tryed setting the keyword
>
> MODIFY_RESOLV_CONF_STATIC_DNS
>
> with the IP of the OpenDNS but it doesn't work the DNS used was the
> ones supplied by the provider.
> Is it possible to solve the problem?

Not sure if this would help, but if you are using dhcp, you can try to
edit /etc/dhclient.conf by adding:

***
supersede domain-name-servers 208.67.222.222, 208.67.220.220;
***

And then restarting network service with "rcnetwork restart" command.

Greetings,

--
Camaleón

[roberto60]

Hi
I tryed modify dhcp.conf but it hanged up networkmanager while connecting to the gsm network

roberto60 wrote:

> I tryed modify dhcp.conf but it hanged up networkmanager while
> connecting to the gsm network

I said nothing about "dhcp.conf" but "dhclient.conf" :-?. Just verify you
edited the right file.

What error message are you getting from networkmanager?

Greetings,

--
Camaleón

[roberto60]

Originally Posted by Camaleón

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I said nothing about "dhcp.conf" but "dhclient.conf" :-?. Just verify you
edited the right file.

What error message are you getting from networkmanager?

Greetings,

--
Camaleón

Sorry my typing mistake I edited "dhclient.conf".

I got no error message but I cannot access networkmanager, clicking its icon on the gnome panel, it hangs while trying to establish the connection.

roberto60 wrote:

> Sorry my typing mistake I edited "dhclient.conf".

O.k. No problem.

"dhcp.conf" is the file that controls dhcp server, so I asked :-)

> I got no error message but I cannot access networkmanager, clicking its
> icon on the gnome panel, it hangs while trying to establish the
> connection.

It is strange... can you please post the content of /etc/dhclient.conf?

Also, take a quick look at networkmanager log located
in /var/log/NetworkManager and post here any suspicious error you are
getting (if any).

Greetings,

--
Camaleón

[roberto60]

I'm sorry to be plain I cant find the keyword you pointed to me so I modified the

prepend domain-name-servers

# dhclient configuration file
# see "man dhclient.conf" for further details
# file: /etc/dhclient.conf
#


######################################################
# Suggested configurations for Cable Modem providers #
#
# uncomment and fill in the appropriate section

#####################################################
# @Home -- TCI, etc
#
# Uncomment the following line and enter your Client ID, which should
# have come in your mail from @Home
#
# send dhcp-client-identifier "c32423-a"

#send host-name "andare.fugue.com";
#send dhcp-client-identifier 1:0:a0:24:ab:fb:9c;
#supersede domain-name "fugue.com home.vix.com";
prepend domain-name-servers 208.67.222.222, 208.67.220.220;

send dhcp-lease-time 3600;
request subnet-mask, broadcast-address, time-offset, routers,
	domain-name, domain-name-servers, host-name, nis-domain,
	nis-servers, ntp-servers, netbios-name-servers;
# We request above options, require only the IP configuration:
require subnet-mask;
# To enforce the availability of the dns server list, set to:
#require subnet-mask, domain-name-servers;
timeout 60;
retry 60;
reboot 10;
select-timeout 5;
initial-interval 2;

# Default location of the dhclient-script. Note: Setting
# it in the config, disables the -sf command line option!
#script "/sbin/dhclient-script";

#media "-link0 -link1 -link2", "link0 link1";
#reject 192.33.137.209;

roberto60 wrote:

> I'm sorry to be plain I cant find the keyword you pointed to me so I
> modified the
>
> prepend domain-name-servers

Restore the original line and just "add" the one I told you, so you get
something like this:

***
#prepend domain-name-servers 127.0.0.1;
supersede domain-name-servers 208.67.222.222, 208.67.220.220;
***

Then, restart the network service and test again.

Greetings,

--
Camaleón