[clue-tech] Partial network problem

[David L. Anselmi]

Jason Friedman wrote:
>> Jason Friedman wrote:
>>> $ dig www.google.com
>>> <snip>
>>> www.google.com.               603906  IN      CNAME   www.l.google.com.
>>> www.l.google.com.     35      IN      A       209.85.225.147
>>> <snip>
>>> ;; Query time: 36 msec
>>> ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
>>> ;; WHEN: Thu Sep  2 04:12:17 2010
>>> ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 359
>>
>>> $ ping www.google.com
>>> ping: unknown host www.google.com

> $ grep -v '^#' /etc/resolv.conf
> domain domain.actdsltmp
> search domain.actdsltmp
> nameserver 192.168.0.1
> nameserver 205.171.2.65
>
> $ grep -v '^#' /etc/nsswitch.conf
> hosts:          files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4

It's odd that dig is asking localhost for the lookup when that doesn't appear in resolv.conf.  A 
feature of avahi?  You could try removing the mdns4 stuff and doing your test again.

> I changed to a different ethernet card (eth1) and that has seemed to
> help, though I cannot reach certain sites (timeouts).  I will comment
> out "nameserver 192.168.0.1" and try eth2 again.

It's typical for Qwest to put a DNS cache in their modem and hand out its IP with DHCP.  I don't 
think their cache performs very well.  So that's worth a try.

Dave