From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 20 12:13:15 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D1361065671 for ; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:13:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from shinjii@maydias.com) Received: from mail13.tpgi.com.au (mail13.tpgi.com.au [203.12.160.181]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC45B8FC1E for ; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:13:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from shinjii@maydias.com) X-TPG-Antivirus: Passed Received: from BLACKTHORN.maydias.com (123-243-239-97.static.tpgi.com.au [123.243.239.97]) by mail13.tpgi.com.au (envelope-from shinjii@maydias.com) (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id m7KCD1UI017672 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:13:12 +1000 Message-Id: <200808201213.m7KCD1UI017672@mail13.tpg.com.au> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:13:09 +1000 To: Doug Hardie From: Warren Liddell In-Reply-To: <34701C68-22F3-40A9-8031-F9EA21D015AD@lafn.org> References: <200808200854.m7K8skoh032455@mail8.tpg.com.au> <34701C68-22F3-40A9-8031-F9EA21D015AD@lafn.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-4286711A Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Loss of Internet Contivity X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:13:15 -0000 >The attachment shows that DNS is unable to find the IP address. This >appears to be a DNS resolver issue, not a network issue. Check >/etc/ resolv.conf and make sure its correct. Then check the indicated DNS >servers using dig. such a simple thing i didnit even think to check and it solved my problem, it would seem the static DNS entries in my router are being added into the resolv.conf file as nameservers and ironically as soon as i del those entries i had internet traffic restored. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.6.5/1620 - Release Date: 19/08/2008 6:04 AM