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handy
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 Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:28 am Post subject: First day using linux and I can't get DNS to work |
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Hi everyone, this is my first day using linux and I LOVE it. It took me a good 2-3 hours to get my USB Wireless working, but it finally did. Now I had to reinstall my OS for diff reasons, and I decided to set my IP manually. Unfortuantely DNS didn't work. I edited my /conf.d/net file to set to dhcp, but for whatever reason, my /etc/resolv.conf file is not getting anything in there! I add the info manually and it still just dissapeares when I stop and restart the network card. My DHCP server (router) is passing DNS info to all of my clients, except this gentoo box. Here are my questions:
1.) Where else besides /etc/resolv.conf do I need to worry about putting in my DNS servers if I am putting in a static IP?
2.) Where can I get a guide that will show me all the different files and procedures involved when I get a DHCP address?
3.) This is my first day using Linux and I am going to spend hours a day reading and researching, besides these cool forums, do you guys have any other suggestions?
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mattmatteh
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| Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:51 am Post subject: |
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i think you need to manually put the information in etc/resolve.conf. i always use dhcp, no need for static. actually i have static dhcp, meaning on the server i have ip's set by mac address.
if you need to find out what goes in /etc/resolve.conf, set up network with dhcp then look at /etc/resolve.conf
why do you want static ip's ?
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handy
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| Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 2:38 am Post subject: |
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| mattmatteh wrote: | i think you need to manually put the information in etc/resolve.conf. i always use dhcp, no need for static. actually i have static dhcp, meaning on the server i have ip's set by mac address.
if you need to find out what goes in /etc/resolve.conf, set up network with dhcp then look at /etc/resolve.conf
why do you want static ip's ?
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Hi Matt, I wanted static addresses so I could make sure my port forwarding always works with the intended ports reaching the right clients. Perhaps my router will let me force a certain IP to my mac tho. I was also just learning how to use it, so if I ever did need to configure a Gentoo server or something, I would know how.
It's also really odd, I went to \etc\resolve.conf and I made sure the right nameserver was in there, but I still cannot get DNS to work. I also went to\etc\resolv.conf and I made sure it was in there, no cigar. Iread somewhere it was resolv.conf so I just put it in there for redundancy. I stopped and restarted my wlan through the net command and I still cannot ping a domain name, but I can hit the IP. Very wierd.
I did a /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 stop
then I typed:
nano -w /etc/resolv.conf and I got a output of:
# generated by NetworkManager, do not edit!
nameserver 66.75.164.90
nameserver 66.75.164.89
Then I did a:
/etc/init.d/net.wlan0 start which got me:
starting wlan0
configuring wireless network for wlan0
wlan0 connected to ESSID "[H]" at oo:of:66:Lb1:79:9F
in managed mode on channel 6 (WEB disabled)
configuration not set for wlan0 - assuming dhcp
bringign up wlan0
dhcp
running dhcpcd ...
wlan receved address 192.168.1.100/24
I typed:
nano -w /etc/resolv.conf
and it was empty....
I typed:
/etc/resolve.conf and I got the same thing I typed in there previously which was:
nameserver 66.75.164.90
Just for shitts and giggles, I do a:
/etc/init.d/net.wlan0 stop
and I check:
nano -w /etc/resolv.conf
and once again, the 2 name servers are there!!
In short this is telling me whenever I run \etc\init.d\net.wlan0 stop my nameservers are generated by networkmanager (probably from my dhcp router which I have them manually put in), but when I start it, something overwrites it, maybe I have to add a "nodns" or something to my dhcp line...any suggs?
Btw, when I add the dns settings in \etc\resolv.conf manually, my name resolution works fine, so I guess my question is, why is sayabon linux overwriting my dns settings whenever I start the wlan through net? Thanks again. |
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mattmatteh
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| Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:16 am Post subject: |
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\etc\resolve.conf is not the correct path. / is the directory delimiter, and \ is an escape character.
please avoid all the extra spaces in your post.
here is my resolve.conf (box on the lan, not the server):
matt@thing ~ $ cat /etc/resolv.conf
search home
nameserver 192.168.168.1
domain home
matt@thing ~ $
why does yours say "# generated by NetworkManager, do not edit!" ?
i have not done this on wireless so i might not be able to help with that.
can you post your /etc/conf.d/net ? (without the comments so it doenst take up all that space)
here is mine for example (gentoo server with eth0=isp and eth1=home_lan):
matt@fire ~ $ cat /etc/conf.d/net
iface_eth1=( "192.168.168.1 broadcast 192.168.168.255 netmask 255.255.255.0" )
iface_eth0=( "dhcp" )
dhcp_eth0="nodns nontp nonis"
what is sayabon linux ?
back to your question about dns for static, i read /etc/conf.d/net.example and think you can set it with: (replace with your dns server)
dns_servers_eth0="192.168.0.2 192.168.0.3"
likewise for wireless (/etc/conf.d/wireless.example):
dns_servers_ESSID=( "192.168.0.1" "192.168.0.2" )
did you read /etc/conf.d/net.example and /etc/conf,d/wireless.example ?
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