Comment 20 for bug 259214

Ok came to know that now /etc/network/interfaces also needs a dns-nameserver . From what I understand they are the same as in the network-applet right?

The DNS Servers where one puts stuff. This is what I've put there.

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth1 inet static
address 192.168.1.2
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
dns-nameservers 61.1.96.69, 61.1.96.71

ifconfig gives this

 sudo ifconfig -a
[sudo] password for shirish:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr some address
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Interrupt:18 Base address:0xc800

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr some MAC address
          inet addr:192.168.1.3 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: some address Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:45406 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:37771 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:55521183 (55.5 MB) TX bytes:3939451 (3.9 MB)
          Interrupt:22 Base address:0xcc00

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
          RX packets:882 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:882 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:52416 (52.4 KB) TX bytes:52416 (52.4 KB)