Re: [Staffslug] DNS problem [was Re: Unanswerable Question]
Hi Richard - I'll try those things in a minute as I've stopped using
Ubuntu 6.10 and have put a Knoppix 5.1.1 Live DVD in and it works!!
Well this has now got me stumped as I was sure it was the router. The
odd thing is if i go into network card configuration and specify DHCP
- it sort of screws things up. GAIM won't connect, Conquerer will
actually still work whereas Iceweasel wont!
I have checked the /etc/resolv.conf and it does indeed give me the ip
of the router. I will boot into Ubuntu again and stay on that to try
your commands now that I can see another distro works...
many thanks!
On 3/8/07, Richard Smedley <smedley358(a)btinternet.com> wrote:
Hello Carl,
> If I look in etc/init.d/networking it shows me just some scripting for
> enabling/disabling the interface - no settings for DHCP/DNS etc. in
> there. I don't have a file named net.eth0 or eth1.
What distro are you using?
Although Ubuntu and similar expose DNS info through GNOME's
``networking'' GUI in the admin menu, to see where your PC
is looking for DNS, type:
cat /etc/resolv.conf
which should return your router address.
If it returns nothing, add in a DNS server here
(e.g. 208.67.222.222) with
echo "208.67.222.222" >> /etc/resolv.conf
Be warned that Ubuntu will not retain this.
Do you get this problem with Konqueror as well as
Firefox/Iceweasel?
WGET? What about wget -4 ?
> If I go into the
> settings for the card (in the GUI) I can see that it has picked up the
> IP and broadcast address. If I manually input the IP, SM and gateway
> - it still doesn't work. net-setup (command not found). dhcpd
> (command not found).
sudo dhclient
- Richard
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