[NTLUG:Discuss] browser can't resolve some domain names, including google.com

[Larry D'Agostino]

Answers to your questions below.  

On Sunday 05 November 2006 11:38 pm, Robert Pearson wrote:
> On 11/5/06, Larry D'Agostino <larrydag at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > resolv.conf shows the nameserver of my router (192.168....). I also added
> > the nameservers of my ISP but that didn't help.
>
> Did you reboot or restart the process that resolves the IP nameservers
> after you added them? 
Yes, pretty sure I have rebooted several times.
> You can do this in YaST or direct. 
> I can't always recall off the top of my head what the process name is,
> like now, so I just reboot. Check the /etc/resolv.conf after the
> reboot to make sure it didn't get wiped out again.
>
> Be advised this will happen with SUSE and once you get it working
> again make a local copy of the working /etc/resolv.conf. Call it
> /etc/resolv.conf-org-DSL or something like that. I always make a copy
> of the working /etc/resolv.conf to /etc/resolv.conf-org as a backup.
> Use copy (cp) to restore it so you don't lose your backup.
>
> Do you have static IP's for your machine(s)?
No, dynamic
> Or do you run DHCP from your Netgear box?
Yes
> Actually that won't make any difference at all. You get the same
> effect if the Netgear is down as the DSL being down. The SUSE OS
> writes a new /etc/resolv.conf with no nameservers in it.
>
> The SUSE OS or the ISP will change your /etc/resolv.conf at will.
> If the DSL line is down when you login SUSE will create a new
> /etc/resolv.conf file with no nameservers in it because it couldn't
> get a network connection to find any.
> If you run DHCP there is an option to prevent DHCP from altering the
> /etc/resolv.conf file at boot. Be advised it doesn't always work which
> is why
> on my SUSE machines I keep a backup copy of the /etc/resolv.conf file
> after I know it is working.
> I am constantly switching between DSL and Cable Modem depending on who
> has the best price. I have one of each /etc/resolv.conf saved for each
> ISP provider.
>
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