Static IP address but DHCP for DNS?

Community Support question - to convert into a paid question, click here

Lines in bold below have not yet been seen by the customer - those in blue are from the customer

Username : Date : Action : Comments [ close all ]
alangowitz : 10/01/02 11:15 PM : Incident created -   I have a LAN connected to the internet through a router and a cable modem. Can I assign a static IP address on my internal LAN to my Linux machine, while still getting DNS IP addresses from my router's DHCP service? Under RedHat I had no problem doing this, but under Mandrake using netconf I seem to get all or nothing (both IP and DNS static or both via DHCP).
louiscipher : 06/03/02 05:29 AM : Reply received -   There is a file /etc/resolv.conf so just go and put in "nameserver 'ipadd'" ipadd= ip address of the dns you wish to use. I believe this will allow you to still receive dns numbers from DHCP, but i'm not positive. Good luck, and let me know how things go bryce
alangowitz : 15/04/02 02:26 PM : More info provided -   Thank you, Bryce! Sorry it took me so long to notice your response. I went to /etc/resolv.conf and replaced the "nameserver" lines that were there (and referred explicitly to the name servers I want to get from DHCP, not explicitly) with the line: ipadd <IP address of my router> and everything is working fine. I am especially appreciative of your response because the ipadd feature in resolv.conf is not mentioned in the man page! Andy
alangowitz : 15/04/02 02:27 PM : Incident closed -

---