[SLUG] ubuntu network manager dns

2010-03-27 Thread Ashley Maher
I am trying to set up a Telstra Prepaid wireless usb modum to Ubuntu 9.10. The initial set up went very well. However /etc/resolv.conf was empty. (As has been noted by some users I found using google) So I statically entered some dns servers into /etc/resolv.conf from the telstra list. Pinging

Re: [SLUG] ubuntu network manager dns

2010-03-27 Thread Martin Visser
Ashley, Response, inline below Regards, Martin martinvisse...@gmail.com On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 9:37 PM, Ashley Maher ashley.ma...@didymodesigns.com.au wrote: I am trying to set up a Telstra Prepaid wireless usb modum to Ubuntu 9.10. The initial set up went very well. However

Re: [SLUG] ubuntu network manager dns

2010-03-27 Thread Heracles
Ashley Maher wrote: I am trying to set up a Telstra Prepaid wireless usb modum to Ubuntu 9.10. The initial set up went very well. However /etc/resolv.conf was empty. (As has been noted by some users I found using google) So I statically entered some dns servers into /etc/resolv.conf from

Re: [SLUG] ubuntu network manager dns

2010-03-27 Thread Ashley Maher
Thanks Martin, host damn That is what I was looking for. It has been years since I have needed that. I am used to putting in the IP of a dns server into resolv.conf and all good. It was very frustrating to find that most of the listed tesltra dns servers failed. host allowed me to check what

[SLUG] Ben NanoNote

2010-03-27 Thread mark adrian bell
Hello Everyone, I'm writing to tell you about the Ben NanoNote open-source hackable hand held computer. http://sharism.cc/specs/ I've had one for a week now and even though I haven't been able to get it to do much yet, it's great fun! It runs the OpenWrt version of embedded Linux, it uses

Re: [SLUG] ubuntu network manager dns

2010-03-27 Thread Daniel Pittman
Ashley Maher ashley.ma...@didymodesigns.com.au writes: I am used to putting in the IP of a dns server into resolv.conf and all good. It was very frustrating to find that most of the listed tesltra dns servers failed. host allowed me to check what servers are working quickly. FWIW, I got

Re: [SLUG] ubuntu network manager dns

2010-03-27 Thread James Gray
On 28/03/2010, at 11:23 AM, Daniel Pittman wrote: Ashley Maher ashley.ma...@didymodesigns.com.au writes: I am used to putting in the IP of a dns server into resolv.conf and all good. It was very frustrating to find that most of the listed tesltra dns servers failed. host allowed me to

[SLUG] Ruxcon 2010 Call For Papers

2010-03-27 Thread cfp
RUXCON 2010 CALL FOR PAPERS Ruxcon would like to announce the call for papers for the sixth annual Ruxcon conference. This year the conference will take place over the weekend of 4th and 5th of December. Ruxcon will be held at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Melbourne,

Re: [SLUG] ubuntu network manager dns

2010-03-27 Thread Nick Andrew
On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 11:23:35AM +1100, Daniel Pittman wrote: FWIW, I got very sick of this years and years ago, so I took to installing the distribution packaged version of bind on my machine and configuring the system to use localhost for name resolution. dnscache works well for that too.

Re: [SLUG] Ben NanoNote

2010-03-27 Thread Nick Andrew
On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 04:31:46PM -0700, mark adrian bell wrote: Hello Everyone, I'm writing to tell you about the Ben NanoNote open-source hackable hand held computer. http://sharism.cc/specs/ Very cute, and I thought the EEE 901 was hard to type on! Nick. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux

Re: [SLUG] ubuntu network manager dns

2010-03-27 Thread Martin Visser
Also be aware that there some ISPs tend to a few things with DNS 1. Some do block access to their DNS from outside of their network. I think this is mainly because they don't want to provide a service to the wider Internet that potentially means their own customers get impacted by DNS DOS attacks

Re: [SLUG] ubuntu network manager dns

2010-03-27 Thread Jeremy Visser
On 27/03/10 21:37, Ashley Maher wrote: So I entered the Bigpond dns servers for NSW, Queensland and Victoria into network manager. This creates a nice shiny /etc/resolv.conf that looks correct when ever the connection is made into the telstra network. I use '8.8.8.8' as my DNS resolver in

Re: [SLUG] ubuntu network manager dns

2010-03-27 Thread Daniel Pittman
Nick Andrew n...@nick-andrew.net writes: On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 11:23:35AM +1100, Daniel Pittman wrote: FWIW, I got very sick of this years and years ago, so I took to installing the distribution packaged version of bind on my machine and configuring the system to use localhost for name

Re: [SLUG] ubuntu network manager dns

2010-03-27 Thread Daniel Pittman
Martin Visser martinvisse...@gmail.com writes: Also be aware that there some ISPs tend to a few things with DNS 1. Some do block access to their DNS from outside of their network. You mean *recursive* DNS, not authoritative DNS, right? [...] 2. DNS can be used to help direct the subsequent