DNS Update on Ubuntu 16.10 How do I do this?

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I need to manually update the DNS settings on my Ubuntu 16.10 desktop. It is not a server. This is a part of working with Ubuntu I do not know or understand well. I have recently had to switch to using vpn to connect to our setup. I've done that with AnyConnect and am connected. But changing the dns is giving me trouble.

I need to update to these two IPs.

1.2.3.4 as the primary/preferred/first address
1.2.3.2 as the secondary/alternate/second address

I am "assuming" that these need to be in my /etc/resolv.conf file? Maybe /etc/hosts ??

I tried changing the Network Connection using what I found in this article: Upgraded to 16.10 and lost the internet. But, that did not change my /etc/resolv.conf file

Would anyone be able to tell me how to do this? Thank you for the assist. I wasn't able to tag this with ubuntu 16.10

Thanks, steeldriver. That seemed to work "this time". I did that before, but maybe I did not hit the Save button. — John Cowan, Jun 19 '17 at 14:11

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 20 '17 at 13:34

I was able to do this following instructions from a page posted by steeldriver yesterday :

[See What is the proper way to change the DNS IP? – steeldriver][1]

I almost had it on my own, I was not SAVE-ing my changes in the Network Connections section when I first tried this - before creating this thread.

Thanks all for the info though. Much appreciated.

DNS Update on Ubuntu 16.10 How do I do this?

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