Hello again Lonnie, Now that I have my routing sorted out I have a dns problem. It looks like my "localhost" nameserver lookups don't get passed on to the gateway if they can't be answered here.
Excuse me that I SHOUT between all the output below but I thought you'd hear me better..... FIRSTLY, 4801_GW ~ # route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 192.168.207.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth2 192.168.107.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 224.0.0.0 * 240.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth2 224.0.0.0 * 240.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 default 192.168.1.254 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 SO, MY ROUTE LOOKS OK. THE GATEWAY IS AN IP ON THIS MACHINE. IF I PING OUT OF MY DOMAIN... 4801_GW ~ # ping google.com PING google.com (209.85.148.101): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 209.85.148.101: seq=0 ttl=56 time=13.758 ms 64 bytes from 209.85.148.101: seq=1 ttl=56 time=12.267 ms 64 bytes from 209.85.148.101: seq=2 ttl=56 time=12.113 ms ^C --- google.com ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max = 12.113/12.712/13.758 ms THAT'S GOOD BUT 4801_GW ~ # ping infoservers.net ping: bad address 'infoservers.net' 4801_GW ~ # ping vpsv3.infoservers.net ping: bad address 'vpsv3.infoservers.net' THAT'S BAD 4801_GW ~ # ping infoservers.com PING infoservers.com (213.198.53.45): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 213.198.53.45: seq=0 ttl=52 time=34.772 ms 64 bytes from 213.198.53.45: seq=1 ttl=52 time=35.231 ms 64 bytes from 213.198.53.45: seq=2 ttl=52 time=29.953 ms ^C --- infoservers.com ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max = 29.953/33.318/35.231 ms INFOSERVERS.COM IS ON THE SAME SERVER. SO, LET'S DOUBLE CHECK THAT I'M WHERE I THINK I AM..... LOGOUT AND BACK IN AGAIN: gsj@ubuntu-tosh:~$ ssh root@192.168.207.249 WARNING!!! This system is solely for the use of authorized users for official purposes. You have no expectation of privacy in its use and to ensure that the system is functioning properly, individuals using this computer system are subject to having all of their activities monitored and recorded by system personnel. Use of this system evidences an express consent to such monitoring and agreement that if such monitoring reveals evidence of possible abuse or criminal activity, system personnel may provide the results of such monitoring to appropriate officials. root@192.168.207.249's password: 4801_GW ~ # hostname -d infoservers.net 4801_GW ~ # hostname -f 4801_gw.infoservers.net 4801_GW ~ # hostname -i 192.168.107.249 HMMM, MY HOSTNAME IS CORRECT BUT I THOUGHT I WAS ON THE "207" NETWORK.... I THOUGHT I'D CONNECTED VIA 192.168.207.249 ON eth2 4801_GW ~ # ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:24:C4:3F:CC inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:262290 errors:0 dropped:6 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:193437 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:307954125 (293.6 MiB) TX bytes:22349036 (21.3 MiB) Interrupt:10 Base address:0x8000 eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:24:C4:3F:CD inet addr:192.168.107.249 Bcast:192.168.107.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:131565 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:132312 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:28269477 (26.9 MiB) TX bytes:27474287 (26.2 MiB) Interrupt:10 Base address:0xa000 eth2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:24:C4:3F:CE inet addr:192.168.207.249 Bcast:192.168.207.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:329901 errors:1 dropped:2 overruns:1 frame:0 TX packets:392635 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:51100933 (48.7 MiB) TX bytes:337112858 (321.4 MiB) Interrupt:10 Base address:0x2000 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:1775 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:1775 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:152826 (149.2 KiB) TX bytes:152826 (149.2 KiB) AM I WHO I THINK I AM? 4801_GW ~ # who USER TTY IDLE TIME HOST root pts/0 00:00 Jun 25 17:04:06 192.168.207.207 LOOKS LIKE IT. SO, hostname MUST BE GETTING IT'S INFO FROM SOMEWHERE. HOW ABOUT HERE: 4801_GW ~ # cat /etc/hosts # Automatically generated from internal state. 127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.107.249 4801_gw.infoservers.net 4801_gw 192.168.107.249 x23.selfip.net # #/mnt/kd/hosts 192.168.107.250 ipbx.infoservers.net iPBX 4801_GW ~ # WAIT A MINUTE..... WHY DOES THE /etc/hosts FILE GET GENERATED WITH 4801_GW ON THE "107" NETWORK???? JUST BECAUSE I PUT "107" ON eth1 ? THIS IS ALL VERY INTERESTING, BUT I DON'T THINK IT SOLVES MY DNS PROBLEMS. IF I ADD: 213.198.53.45 infoservers.net INTO /etc/hosts THEN I CAN PING "infoservers.net" (but not vpsv3.infoservers.net) AND IT DOESN'T HELP ME CONNECTING TO MY E-MAIL FROM THUNDERBIRD ON MY UBUNTU PC. PERHAPS IF I COULD ADD SOMETHING TO /etc/resolv.conf 4801_GW ~ # cat /etc/resolv.conf search infoservers.net nameserver 127.0.0.1 EXCEPT IT IS RE-BUILT EACH TIME I RESTART dnsmasq. So, does any one know a good book for me to read? 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