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# 15  
Old 08-18-2008
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Originally Posted by PxT
Put a line in /etc/resolv.conf like this:

You may specify more than one "nameserver" line in the resolv.conf file.



[Edited by PxT on 05-07-2001 at 11:02 AM]

Doeas this also apply to Linux distributions such as Fedora , I'd like to know this because I want to use the opendns servers instead of my ISPS dns servers?
# 16  
Old 08-21-2008
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Originally Posted by FloridaBSD
Doeas this also apply to Linux distributions such as Fedora , I'd like to know this because I want to use the opendns servers instead of my ISPS dns servers?
Yes all *NIX based resolvers (as far as a i know all OS resolvers) prefer 2 nameserver entries. You may however have more.
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