Domains not resolving

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On Thu, 25 Oct 2012, Dave Cramer wrote:

> Use google's name servers 8.8.8.8 and 4.4.4.4 I think

    I tried those (and 216.239.32.10) in /etc/resolv.conf, but it didn't help.

    URLs in .etc.hosts don't do anything, either.

    On the laptop, /etc/resolv.conf contains 192.168.0.1 (the router).

    I just discovered the command resolveip, and it resolves the addresses just
    fine.

> On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Chris F.A. Johnson
> <chris-E7bvbYbpR6jSUeElwK9/Pw at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>
>>    My landlord has just switched form Teksavvy on DSL to Teksavvy on cable.
>>
>>    The DSL modem, 2wire with built-in wireless, worked with no problems.
>>
>>    He now has a cable modem plus a DLink DIR-815 wireless router.
>>
>>    My laptop, running Mandriva 2010.1, connects with no problems.
>>
>>    My desktop, running Mandriva 2010.2, connects but does not resolve URLs
>>    (Firefox works fine; lynx does not). I can connect (ssh, smtp, POP3,
>>    etc.) if I give a dotted quad IP address, but not with a URL.
>>
>>    This is info from both machines:
>>
>> $ iwconfig wlan0  ## laptop
>> wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:"MY HOME 1"
>>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.462 GHz  Access Point: BC:F6:85:C0:A4:E1
>>           Bit Rate=36 Mb/s   Tx-Power=27 dBm
>>           Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>>           Power Management:off
>>           Link Quality=64/70  Signal level=-46 dBm
>>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
>>
>> $ iwconfig wlan0 ## desktop
>> wlan0     IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"MY HOME 1"  Nickname:"localhost.localdomain"
>>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.462 GHz  Access Point: BC:F6:85:C0:A4:E1
>>           Bit Rate=48 Mb/s   Tx-Power:20 dBm   Sensitivity=-121 dBm
>>           RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr=2346 B
>>           Power Management:off
>>           Link Quality:70/100  Signal level:-51 dBm  Noise level:-96 dBm
>>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
>>
>>
>>    Does anyone have any idea how to fix it?

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