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

[Stuart Burns]

Hi.

Yep I tried a couple of browsers, no go. On the other matter MS haven't
said as much but that is the ultimate goal after conversations I have had
off the record with people who deal with such matters. I may have it wrong.
YMMV.

Windows 10 is the last version of Windows ever. That is direct from MS.
People that upgrade will get a copy. However you will find that any new
features that come out after a year require a paid for upgrade. Ie service
packs that add functionality will now cost.

There are also several streams to choose from as to how mature you want
your patches, ie similar to Linux nightlies  v stable etc. This is all in
the roadmap.

The only exception to this is that you will always get security fixes
On 6 Jun 2015 08:43, "David Holden" <dh at iucr.org> wrote:

>
>
> 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
> > E: stuart.james.burns at gmail.com <mailto:stuart.james.burns at gmail.com>
> > M: [redacted]
> >
> >
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