[NCLUG] setting up wireless to use dns

Stephen Warren swarren at wwwdotorg.org
Thu Jul 19 14:14:21 MDT 2007


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nclug at iherr.com wrote:
> So my question is... what exact files and/or scripts do I need
> to make the DNS resolving work? I've got the following
> for my /etc/resolv.conf:
> 
> search Belkin
> nameserver 192.168.1.1

I assume 192.168.1.1 is your wireless router? Silly question, but it
does have a DNS server enabled, right?

Otherwise, I'd try this in a window whilst trying to resolve a hostname
in another:

tcpdump -i wlan0 not port 22 # or whatever port runs SSH

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