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#137955 14-Dec-2013 15:09
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Hi,

I have a Thomson VDSL router from Telecom.  I want to change the DNS to use unblock-us.com

So far I have done the following....

:dns server forward dnsset flush    
:dns server forward dnsset add set=0 dns=111.118.175.56 metric=0 intf=PPPoE
:dns server forward dnsset add set=0 dns=118.127.33.48 metric=0 intf=PPPoE
saveall

Then when I run
:dns server forward dnsset list

I get

Set Metric Flg DNS-Server EDNS Label Intf State
--- ------ --- --------------------------------------- ----
0       0          111.118.175.56             PPPoE UP
0       0          118.127.33.48               PPPoE UP

So far so good but when I restart my router it defaults to Telecom DNS.

Anyone know what I can do to permanently configure the router with unblock-us DNS?

Thanks.


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  #952197 14-Dec-2013 16:03
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"saveall" command?



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  #952229 14-Dec-2013 17:01
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joker97: "saveall" command?


I got that from here http://npr.me.uk/changedns.html

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  #952238 14-Dec-2013 17:44
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did you use the saveall command to save it?



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  #952258 14-Dec-2013 18:49
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yup, see my original post

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  #952387 14-Dec-2013 23:47
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Possibly PPP overwriting the DNS entries when the link comes up after a reboot.  Easy enough to test.  Just drop your PPPoE connection then bring it back up and see if it has the same effect.

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  #952413 15-Dec-2013 06:26
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yup that looks like the case. Any way around it?

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  #952749 15-Dec-2013 21:56
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Sorry.  Nothing obvious. There are probably a few workarounds you could try though.  If you are just wanting to straight out replace you ISP supplied DNS, you could look at just modifying the servers advertised by DHCP.

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