[X4U] Home Networking Questions ( Static IP verses DHCP)

[Allan Hise]

On Fri, 9 Jul 2004, Eugene Lee wrote:

> but the second does not imply the first.  If name resolution is broke
> yet you can ping an external IP address, that proves that it's not a
> network connection problem.

That's the case.

>
> : until I manually insert a DNS server into the network control
> : panel. The DNS server section of the control panel is empty after DHCP,
> : where the other info gets filled in (IP address, etc.)
>
> I do DHCP at home all the time, my DNS Servers field always come up
> blank, yet DNS works for me just fine.  When OS X connects via DHCP,
> it automatically populates /etc/resolv.conf with the DNS settings
> provided by your DHCP server.  Apparently, these settings are not
> displayed in the Network system preferences.  Now if /etc/resolv.conf
> comes up blank, then there's something broke with your DHCP server.
>

Hmmm... I'll have to look in to that. Perhaps only one is broken, and I am
assuming the others behave in the same way.

Allan