Subject: Re: Setting up nameservers
To: Grant Stockly <gussie@stockly.com>
From: Frederick Bruckman <fb@enteract.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 08/04/1999 02:26:37
On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, Grant Stockly wrote:

> I'm configuring my network interfaces manually now.  I've configured it all
> like this:
> 
> ifconfig ep0 inet 24.237.5.3 netmask 0xfffff800 broadcast 24.237.7.255
> route flush
> route add default 24.237.0.1
> 
> 
> Now, I've been searching man pages for the answer to this:  Where do I
> setup the namesevers I want to use?

Do you mean how do you *choose* a nameserver, as opposed to setting
one up? Add lines to /etc/resolv.conf: "nameserver dotted-ip-addr".
See resolv.conf(5).