Network Problems (Resolv.conf empty)

**jaytounit** · 08-23-2011

So I started out trying to sync pacman, but that didnt work. I then tried to ping a website... That didn't work. I then read a bit online, opened my resolv.conf file... All of the content (a template), was commented out. There was no data in the file at all. So... I guess I have to fill it out by hand. How can I go about doing this?

***Dapper Dan*** · 08-23-2011

I would imagine Arch works like CRUX in that you could run as su:

Code:

/sbin/dhcpcd eth0

...to get you assigned an IP from your router or ISP and it would also get your /etc/resolv.conf filled in. Then, configure for static IP if you wish to do so. Here's my /etc/resolv.conf as a reference...

Code:

# Generated by dhcpcd for interface eth0
search myisp.net
nameserver 123.145.167.89
nameserver 123.145.9.10

search mynameserver
nameserver 10.0.0.1

**Jonathan183** · 08-23-2011

Example of network information from my /etc/rc.conf as you can see I use static IP and the router has IP 192.168.1.1

Code:

interface=eth0
address=192.168.1.2
netmask=255.255.255.0
broadcast=192.168.1.255
gateway=192.168.1.1

and /etc/resolv.conf has

Code:

nameserver 192.168.1.1

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