Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 01:55:01 -0500 From: "Matt Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> To: "Rajiv Krishnamurthy" <rajivk@gmail.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: DNS problems Message-ID: <011501c4f618$2501f5f0$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> References: <595ad514050108223910b29d9d@mail.gmail.com>
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> gentle people, > apologies if this question should have been posted in the newbies > list, but i saw a similar question in the archives of this mailing > list, which did not quite answer my question. > > i'm trying to install FreeBSD for the first time. i'm installing it on > my desktop. > > the installation has gone on pretty cleanly, i have a linksys > firewall/wireless router behind which i have installed my freeBSD box. > i have good connectivity and am able to ping, telnet to the internet. > > however DNS resolution is a problem. > > the browser does not work and for example > dig www.freebsd.org also does not work. > > if i provide the nameserver,dig @server xxx.xxx.xxx - things are fine. > any ideas. it has to be something really simple. > > during the configuration, when i configured my ethernet port, it cleanly > gets the ip address from the linksys hub and also lists the nameserver > correctly. > > what else do i have to configure ? > > ifconfig > xl0 : flags=8843<UP,BRODACAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > options=b<RXCSUM,TXSUM,VLAN_MTU> > inet6 fe80::250:daff:fe8c:dcaa%x10 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 > inet 192.168.1.105 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 > ether 00:50:da:8c:dc:aa > media Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) > status:active > plip0: flags=8810<POINTTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384 > inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 > inet6 :: 1 prefixlen 128 > inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3 > > netstat -nr > Routing tables > > Internet: > Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif Expire > default 192.168.1.1 UGS 0 0 x10 > 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 1 76 lo0 > 192.168.1 link#1 UC 0 0 xl0 > 192.168.1.1 link#1 UHLW 1 0 xl0 > 192.168.1.105 127.0.0.1 UGHS 0 0 lo0 > 192.168.1.255 ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff UHLWb 0 2 xl0 > > /etc/resolve.conf is empty. You mean /etc/resolv.conf? This is where your nameserver should be listed if you're getting the information properly from your Linksys router. -- Matt Emmerton
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