On Tue, Jul 08, 2008 at 10:46:18AM -0400, Bob Doolittle wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've not subscribed to this list, but somebody forwarded me this message 
> because it pertains to an issue I had recently, and I have some questions:
> 
> Renee Dawson wrote:
> >On Tue, Jul 08, 2008 at 01:00:14AM +0200, Arne Schwabe wrote:
> >  
> >>> Praveen Kumar schrieb:
> >>    
> >>>> > I have strange issues in name resolving when I am using my wireless 
> >>>> > connection. I use WPA TKIP security on my wireless router at home. 
> >>>When > > I boot OpenSolaris 2008.05 (snv_91) and log into gnome, nwam 
> >>>connects me > > to my network. I verified this by doing 'pfexec dladm 
> >>>show-wifi' and > > ensured that my interface wpi0 got a IP address. Also 
> >>>I see DNS server > > entries in /etc/resolv.conf. I am able to ping the 
> >>>DNS servers. > > 'dig/nslookup network.com' returns proper results. 
> >>>However none of the > > other applications are able to resolve the name. 
> >>>'ping network.com' > > immediately returns with "Unkown host". I assume 
> >>>that this is something > > to do with the nscd. Restarting just nscd 
> >>>doesn't help. 'dig/nslookup' > > applications use resolv.conf; hence are 
> >>>working fine. In-order to fix > > this, I have to restart nwam. Does 
> >>>anyone know what is happening? I can > > post more diagnostic 
> >>>information if needed.
> >>>> >   
> >>>      
> >>> In short
> >>> 
> >>> pfexec cp /etc/nsswitch.dns /etc/nsswitch.conf
> >>    
> >
> >Hopefully, this won't be necessary much longer.  Once it obtains the DHCP
> >lease, NWAM should also ensure that nsswitch.conf is updated for you; but
> >there's a race condition that occurs on boot that currently prevents that
> >from happening, documented in CR 6584967[1].  I integrated a fix for that
> >bug into nevada today, which means it should be available in build 94.
> >
> >-renee
> >
> >[1] http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6584967
> 
> What about the case where the /etc/nwam/llp file is updated to specify a 
> static address, so there is no DHCP.
> Will DNS be properly configured in this case also?  Or will it still 
> require manual configuration?

It will still require manual configuration.  NWAM currently only looks
at DNS parameters from the dhcp server if it first obtains a lease for
an address.  This is something we could make more flexible in the future,
but we need to get a more stable base to build on (the phase 1 work we're
doing) first.

> Is updating the llp file manually the recommended way to specify a 
> static address?

Yep, that's the way to do it.

-renee
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