On 08-01-19 23:35, Simon Hobson wrote: > Simon Walter <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes, wireless LAN works from all my other computers. The Internet is >> accessible from them. I have a router that does the PPPOE and DHCP and >> DNS and NTP and a bunch of other things (dd-wrt). >> >> I can connect to the wireless LAN via NetworkManager. I am asked for a >> password. The connection is made. I can ping any ip address including >> 8.8.8.8. > So that sounds very much like NetworkManager is working - you have a working > network connection ! > >> The /etc/resolv.conf contains "# Generated by Connection >> Manager\nnameserver 127.0.0.1\nnameserver ::1" which does have >> dnsmasq-base listening on port 53. I checked it (nmap 127.0.0.1 -p 53) >> and it was open. >> >> That seems to make sense, but I have never seen a working NetworkManager >> setup. So I don't know what to expect. > Yes, you mentioned earlier that you were running dnsmasq - that means you are > running a local DNS service. Have you configured that with the address(es) of > at least one external DNS resolver. As I read the description on Wikipedia, > dnsmasq is a forwarder not a resolver - that means that it can't do the > recursive lookups a resolver does, just forward queries to an outside > resolver and cache the responses. > If you haven't told dnsmasq where to get it's answers from, then it won't be > working for you. > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I recognize the problem from a Ubuntu system i still have. Look for >> /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf and comment out the line: >> dns=dnsmasq >> >> After that logout or reboot and your DNS should work again. > I'm guessing that this disables using the local DNS service - if so then > that's not fixing the problem (local DNS service not working), only fixing > the symptom (by not trying to use the local service). > As local DNS service in this situation means dnsmasq i do see not much added value. Besides i am running my own dns server in my network.
Grtz Nick
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