The example you gave won't stick for most people: echo "nameserver 127.0.0.1" > /etc/resolv.conf If you use dhcp3-client (chances are you do), add this li

The example you gave won't stick for most people: echo "nameserver 127.0.0.1" > /etc/resolv.conf If you use dhcp3-client (chances are you do), add this line to /etc/dhcp/dhcplient.conf to try your local DNS cache first: prepend domain-name-servers 127.0.0.1; Note that this will slow down stuff like captive portals at airports that want to push you to their "accept terms" page first. I use djb's dnscache instead of dnsmasq, but dnsmasq works fine too. http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/run-cache.html http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/run-cache.html