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I had a linux machine configured with a static 192.* ip address. When I tried pinging ip addresses outside my network (ie on the internet) it was fine, but when I tried pinging the same ip but using it's DNS name, it failed. The answer was to add the ip address of my router to /etc/resolv.conf: | |||||||
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I had a linux machine configured with a static 192.* ip address. When I tried pinging ip addresses outside my network (ie on the internet) it was fine, but when I tried pinging the same ip, but using it's DNS name, it failed. The answer was to add the ip address of my router to /etc/resolv.conf: | |||||||
nameserver 192.168.1.1
If other nameservers appear in the list, make sure this server is above the others.
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The ip address of your router (or nameserver) maybe different. | |||||||
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Note: the ip address of your router (or nameserver) maybe different. | |||||||