Retrieve nameserver \ dns info when rabbit configured for dhcp

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I posted this on the BB shortly before it was replaced with this forum so I thought it would be worth re-posting.

I’m writing an app that mimics window’s tcp\ip settings in that the user can select dhcp or configure their own static network settings. I want to display the network settings and I have easily figured out how to grab the IP, netmask, and gateway using the ifconfig() function. I can not for the life of me figure out how to get the dns
ameserver setting. Any ideas?

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You can only set the nameserver using ifconfig, there is currently no way to get the nameserver using ifconfig that I know of. Use IFS_NAMESERVER_SET or IFS_NAMESERVER_ADD to set or add nameservers using ifconfig and IFS_NAMESERVER_DEL to delete them.

Take a look at the servlist functions in servlist.lib, thats what net.lib uses internally. servlist_first and servlist_next can be used to get the nameservers. Here’s some examples that might start you in the right direction…


longword nameserver;
nameserver = servlist_first(&_dns_server_table, 0, NULL);
nameserver = servlist_first(&_dns_server_table, DNS_PREDEFINED, NULL);

The second parameter, source, can be one of DNS_PREDEFINED, DNS_PPP, DNS_DHCP, or DNS_ALL_SOURCES, or zero for “most preferred” (based on looking at dns.lib).

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Hi,

Sorry for hijacking this thread, but it is the only one that had a question and an answer on this topic.

I don’t know all the networking terminology, so I hope you understand my question in layman terms.

I need to give my Rabbit a friendly name (much like you would give a PC on a network and name), and set it up for DHCP. Then using our DNS and DHCP servers on the network, I want to be able to have access to the Rabbit using its name, rather than its IP address. At present, I don’t know how to assign a name to the Rabbit. Does anyone have a clue?

Thanks,

John