[luau] Network questions

[kilauea]

I have recently put a linksys router on my Road Runner cable modem and 
have two (linux of course) boxes connected. The boxes are only used for 
web browsing and are currently configured for DHCP with the router 
providing a DHCP server.  All works fine in this config but I would like 
to give the boxes fixed IP addresses. When I set the boxes to fixed IP 
addresses (rc.inet1) the boxes see each other OK but DNS  isn't working 
even though resolve.conf shows the RR DNS addresses. How do I set the 
boxes to fixed addresses but still provide DNS for web browsing?

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Mahalo, Kilauea