[Chester LUG] A little help DNS weirdness in Linux mint. Help required

[David Holden]

On 05/06/15 14:02, Stuart Burns wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> I decided to make the jump from Windows 7 to Linux Mint rather than end
> up on the MS pay to play that is coming with Windows 10 in year 2 (I kid
> you not!)

You heard something? I think they'd be on very dodgy legal ground making
W10 subscription based after free upgrade offer.


On below, have you tried using another browser?

 Dave.





> 
> Anyhow, for the most part the install went ok (There was some docking
> station weirdness but turning it off and on again fixed it. Go figure)
> 
> Anyhow, the real problem is the DNS. I have set up my DHCP client so it
> gets it's address automatically.
> 
> I am able to resolve my internal hosts without issue..
> thinkpad stuart # nslookup
>> vc
> Server:        192.168.0.201
> Address:    192.168.0.201#53
> 
> Name:    vc.test.local
> Address: 192.168.0.204
> 
> External works fine..
> 
>> linux.org <http://linux.org>
> Server:        192.168.0.201
> Address:    192.168.0.201#53
> 
> Non-authoritative answer:
> Name:    linux.org <http://linux.org>
> Address: 107.170.40.56
> 
> 
> However, when trying to connect to an internal URL using the FQDN
> mentioned above, I get a timeout about not being able to resolve the
> address. Well weird. I have checked in Firefox and it is set to direct
> connection.
> 
> The application is up and working,  It worked without issue in Windows
> 7. Does anyone have any ideas about this weird behavior ?
> 
> It just seems that Firefox cannot resolve internal addresses but fine
> with everything else.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Stu
> 
> -- 
> Stuart Burns
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> 
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