You can still use DHCP for your IP settings, but override DNS settings.  Look at /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf and the supercede statement.  From the manpage:       The supersede statement         supersede [ option declaration ] ;        If for some option the client should always  use  a  locally-configured        value  or  values rather than whatever is supplied by the server, these        values can be defined in the supersede statement. Werd, dpk <div>On 9/12/06, Clay Dowling <<a href="mailto:clay@lazarusid.com">clay@lazarusid.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Scott, What's probably assigning those values is dhcp.  If your machine is supposed to be getting its information from DHCP then you should stop fighting it.  If your machine is not supposed to be using DHCP then you should disable DHCP configuration on eth0. Clay Dowling Scott Harrison said: > Hi, > > > Here is my current situation.  I am booting from > ubuntu live cd desktop version 6.06.1 . > Please see my silly perl scripts below, and > help me find a better way! > > > If I don't do this, > perl -e 'while(1) {sleep(1);`echo "nameserver <a href="http://35.8.2.41">35.8.2.41 </a>" > > /etc/resolv.conf`;}' & > > > I then, after a few minutes, wind up with this: > root@ubuntu:~# more /etc/resolv.conf > search domain_not_set.invalid > nameserver <a href="http://192.168.0.1">192.168.0.1</a> > > > Also, I am doing this: > perl -e while(1) {sleep(1);`ifconfig eth0 <a href="http://192.168.2.1">192.168.2.1</a> netmask > 255.255.255.0`;}? > > > because something in the system is auto-assigning > <a href="http://192.168.1.64">192.168.1.64</a> to eth0. > > > I tried adjusting > auto eth0 > iface eth0 inet dhcp > > > to be > auto eth0 > iface eth0 inet <a href="http://192.168.2.1">192.168.2.1</a> > > > Also, for my LAN, I adapted various iptables commands > from <a href="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Masquerading-Simple-HOWTO/summary.html"> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Masquerading-Simple-HOWTO/summary.html</a> > to help allow other LAN computers to access the internet. > I am wanting to use ubuntu live cd as a failsafe internet connection > tool for my LAN, but it seems cumbersome to > store/transcribe/thumbdrive/remixlivecd all those > iptable commands.  Is there a simple GUI or countably few > set of commands to do something similar? > > > I'm still in a happy place, but I must face Darth Vader > (aka these bugs and issues) again, and this mailing list > is my only hope. > > > Scott > >  ----- > > > ******************* > ** DISCLAIMER :P ** > ******************* > > This E-mail message and any attachments may contain information. > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-user mailing list > <a href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu"> linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a> > <a href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user">http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user</a> > -- Simple Content Management <a href="http://www.ceamus.com"> http://www.ceamus.com</a> _______________________________________________ linux-user mailing list <a href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a> <a href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user"> http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user</a> </blockquote></div>