From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 20 19:00:49 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F14E1065681 for ; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:00:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1D188FC12 for ; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:00:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1KVsvD-0004JC-5O for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:00:43 +0000 Received: from pool-141-156-180-91.esr.east.verizon.net ([141.156.180.91]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:00:43 +0000 Received: from nightrecon by pool-141-156-180-91.esr.east.verizon.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:00:43 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Michael Powell Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:02:25 -0400 Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: <200808200854.m7K8skoh032455@mail8.tpg.com.au> <34701C68-22F3-40A9-8031-F9EA21D015AD@lafn.org> <200808201213.m7KCD1UI017672@mail13.tpg.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-141-156-180-91.esr.east.verizon.net Sender: news Subject: Re: Loss of Internet Contivity X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: nightrecon@verizon.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:00:49 -0000 Warren Liddell wrote: > >>The attachment shows that DNS is unable to find the IP address. This >>appears to be a DNS resolver issue, not a network issue. Check >>/etc/ resolv.conf and make sure its correct. Then check the indicated DNS >>servers using dig. > > such a simple thing i didnit even think to check and it solved my > problem, it would seem the static DNS entries in my router are being > added into the resolv.conf file as nameservers and ironically as soon > as i del those entries i had internet traffic restored. > > If you are getting this assigned by DHCP from your router, it can be controlled with /etc/dhclient.conf. Typically most of the settings do not require alteration, but maybe an item or two needs a tweak. Placing these into dhclient.conf can either override or adjust, as needed. This is an example from my pf/gateway box which gets all it's external NIC settings by DHCP from my DSL modem. I wanted this box to use it's own DNS server, as do the other boxen on the LAN, instead of the one in the DSL modem. interface "rl0" { send dhcp-client-identifier 00:0e:2e:6d:17:54; prepend domain-name-servers 127.0.0.1; } There are many other settings, man dhclient.conf and man dhcp-options for more details. -Mike