[Wylug-help] DNS problems on a PC

[James Holden]

On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 07:32:16PM +0100, Mike Goodman wrote:
> Hi, Folks,
> 
> For the past fortnight or so I've been having problems resolving to
> names from this machine, although it can find IP addresses OK. It's on
> Ubuntu 7.10.

Sounds like wonky DNS.

> Is it a BIND problem? If so, how do I find the BIND settings and what
> should they be?

BIND is a standard DNS *server*, so unlikely to be the cause of the
problem, as you're probably not running it.

> If it's not BIND, what might it be and how do I fix it?

You need to find out what name servers your machine is set to use.
They're listed in /etc/resolv.conf

They'll usually be picked up by DHCP - often your ADSL router will act
as a proxy for your ISPs name servers.

You may be better using OpenDNS, in which case you can use the network
manager to set the DNS servers to:

208.67.222.222
and
208.67.220.220

Cheers,

James
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Mike
> 
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