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beatbreaker

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Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 46

[Solved] DNS problems, can't ping google.com but can 66.102.11.104

ok i don't know what i've done but i think i've got a DNS problem.  see this:

$  ping google.com
ping: unknown host google.com
$  ping 66.102.11.104
PING 66.102.11.104 (66.102.11.104) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 66.102.11.104: icmp_seq=1 ttl=55 time=14.9 ms
64 bytes from 66.102.11.104: icmp_seq=2 ttl=55 time=8.90 ms

here's my rc.conf it was working perfectly until lastnight

eth0="eth0 192.168.1.200 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255"
INTERFACES=(eth0)

# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
#   - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
#
gateway="default gw 192.168.1.1"
ROUTES=(gateway)

and this might be helpful too:

$  route -v
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
192.168.1.0     *               255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0
192.168.136.0   *               255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 vmnet1
172.16.74.0     *               255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 vmnet8
default         router          0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 eth0

Merry Christmas by the way!

Big thanks for the help

Last edited by beatbreaker (2009-12-24 22:39:08)

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Mr.Elendig

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Registered: 2004-11-07

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Re: [Solved] DNS problems, can't ping google.com but can 66.102.11.104

As I said on irc, you forgot to add your dns server to /etc/resolv.conf

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JuseBox

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Registered: 2009-11-27

Posts: 260

Re: [Solved] DNS problems, can't ping google.com but can 66.102.11.104

I support that!

Last edited by JuseBox (2009-12-24 22:21:40)

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Nezmer

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Re: [Solved] DNS problems, can't ping google.com but can 66.102.11.104

What do you have in "/etc/resolv.conf"?
If you're not using dhcp, you might want to add this manually to the file:

nameserver 192.168.1.1

Otherwise, you can temporarily or permanently use openDNS. touch "/etc/resolv.conf.head" and add this:

# OpenDNS nameservers
nameserver 208.67.222.222
nameserver 208.67.220.220

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beatbreaker

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Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 46

Re: [Solved] DNS problems, can't ping google.com but can 66.102.11.104

as posted above in my rc.conf i'm not using dhcp, ie:

eth0="eth0 192.168.1.200 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255"

so this entry into my /etc/resolv.conf worked:

nameserver 192.168.1.1

thank you and happy/safe holidays!

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