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I‘ve Huawei technologies EC1260 CDMA HSIA USB modem. How do I configure Tata Teleservices “Tata Photon+ Mobile Broadband” Service under Linux operating systems using this modem?

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Q. I’m using GNU/Linux with the Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client. dhclient, provides a means for configuring one or more network interfaces using the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. It also updates my /etc/resolv.conf each time my laptop connects to different network. I would like to keep my existing nameservers. How do I skip /etc/resolv.conf update?

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How do I change existing name server IP address? How do I configure DNS name server IP address under Ubuntu Linux / Debian Linux? How do I configure DNS name resolution under Ubuntu Linux?

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Q. How do I edit dns configuration file to add my ISPs nameservers?

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Q. How do I setup DNS Lookup under any Linux distribution ?

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Q. I’m getting following error on my Debian Linux system:
mv cannot move /etc/resolv.conf.dhclient-new to /etc/resolv.conf: Operation not permitted
How do I fix this problem?

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Q. I just got Linux installed on my system. I’m able to connect to internet via IP address only. I’m not able to find out information about setting up new DNS sever ip under Linux. How do I configure primary and secondary DNS via terminal / shell prompt?
A. Under Linux / UNIX / BSD operating [...]

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