Intermittant DNS problems

[Paul Howarth]

jim lawrence wrote:
> OK i have a Notebook with a intel 2200b/g wireless  and a good old
> regular cat5 port
>  if I use either one of them,  I lose the ability to browse to other
> pages than the Current one that is displayed. Not sure if it is named
> that is causing all the problems or if it is cache-nameserver.  As I
> type this message, i can ping any IP address  out there but if I try
> to ping by name  e.g www.google.com,   i get a unknown host response.
> 
> [root at JimsNotebook ~]# ping -c4 www.google.com
> ping: unknown host www.google.com
> 
> [root at JimsNotebook ~]# ping -c4 24.93.1.118   <-- A DNS server from my ISP
> PING 24.93.1.118 (24.93.1.118) 56(84) bytes of data.
> 64 bytes from 24.93.1.118: icmp_seq=0 ttl=252 time=8.80 ms
> 64 bytes from 24.93.1.118: icmp_seq=1 ttl=252 time=10.3 ms
> 64 bytes from 24.93.1.118: icmp_seq=2 ttl=252 time=12.9 ms
> 64 bytes from 24.93.1.118: icmp_seq=3 ttl=252 time=8.46 ms
> 
> --- 24.93.1.118 ping statistics ---
> 4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3002ms
> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 8.465/10.147/12.966/1.779 ms, pipe 2
> [root at JimsNotebook ~]#

$ cat /etc/resolv.conf

Assuming it's still telling you to use the nameserver at 127.0.0.1,

$ dig @127.0.0.1 www.google.com

Paul.