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[Colin McGregor]

On 10/16/08, Colin Davidson <cdavidson-LdRZAy6QGm4lk5EcyZIkJQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> A month or two ago I got an Acer Laptop and, just to see what all the fuss
> was about, installed kubuntu. I have since had 3 rather serious (to me)
> problems.
>

[snip]

> Third, my laptop is now failing to access most web sites when connected at
> home. It appears to be a DNS issue - google, slashdot and groklaw are not
> accessible but gentoo is, for instance. I tried putting a public DNS in the
> resolv.conf, but this appears to be managed by network manager. The network
> access is fine at work (where there are local net DNSs). At this point I
> don't have any idea how to proceed.

Which ISP are you using? The Rogers DNS server of late seems (at least
in my area) to be a pretty sad joke...

> Any assistance on any/all of these issues would be very much appreciated.
>
> Thanks, Colin

[snip]

Colin McGregor
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