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0000008ClearOSapp-network - Network Settingspublic2010-01-18 16:262012-10-23 19:35
ReporterVejlefjordskolen 
Assigned Touser2 
PrioritynormalSeveritytweakReproducibilityalways
StatusclosedResolutionfixed 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product Version5.1 
Target VersionFixed in Version6.2.0 
Summary0000008: No extra empty field for DNS servers is shown
DescriptionWhen I wanted to add an extra DNS server to the configuration, I had to add it to /etc/resolv.conf manually, as the interface does not show an empty DNS server field for adding new servers. After adding it manually a new field was shown with the new DNS server from /etc/resolv.conf.
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Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2010-01-18 16:26VejlefjordskolenNew Issue
2010-01-19 08:18user2Severityminor => tweak
2010-01-19 08:18user2Statusnew => assigned
2010-01-19 08:22user2Note Added: 0000002
2010-01-19 08:26user2Assigned To => user2
2012-10-23 19:35user2Statusassigned => resolved
2012-10-23 19:35user2Fixed in Version => 6.2.0
2012-10-23 19:35user2Resolutionopen => fixed
2012-10-23 19:35user2Statusresolved => closed

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user2   
2010-01-19 08:22   
That is by design. We saw far far too many people configuring 5, 6, 8 DNS servers on their system thinking that it would increase reliability. In fact, the more servers means a decrease DNS reliability. From experience, we know that most DNS resolving issues aren't caused by offline servers, but by misbehaving servers (e.g. a DNS server that always responds "DNS record not found"). The more DNS server configured, the more likely that a user will run into a misbehaving server.

Regardless, we should allow an administrator to enter as many DNS servers as they wish. Instead of preventing additional servers, we can simply add a warning message when the number gets above 4.