SOLVED!!!!
Hello All,
I just returned from a few days away and booted my desktop. No problems with that but I have no internet access, wired or wireless. All the other devices in the house work fine. I've reset the modem and router...no changes. Ping 8.8.8.8 is good, ping www.google.com does not resolve. I tried switching the DNS server from the ISP automatic to Google but no change.
Everything worked fine 4 days ago when I shut down. Thought?
ps: typing this out on a tablet really sucks!!!
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Last edit: Jay Swenberger 2023-07-23
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I've finally had some time to do some digging (definitely a newbie in Linux) and online reading.
Here are some findings - typed out on this different machine (typos are mine):
/etc/nsswitch.conf
hosts: files mdns4_minimal (NOTFOUND=return) dns
So I'm able to temporarily solve the problem by directly editing the /etc/resolv.conf file. However, when trying to change any network connection settings or on rebooting the computer, my entries are over written and returned to:
nameserver ::1
I've edited the ethernet IPv4 connection setting to Automatic (DHCP) addresses only and added 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as the DNS servers...but this doesn't help.
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SOLVED!!!!
Hello All,
I just returned from a few days away and booted my desktop. No problems with that but I have no internet access, wired or wireless. All the other devices in the house work fine. I've reset the modem and router...no changes. Ping 8.8.8.8 is good, ping www.google.com does not resolve. I tried switching the DNS server from the ISP automatic to Google but no change.
Everything worked fine 4 days ago when I shut down. Thought?
ps: typing this out on a tablet really sucks!!!
Last edit: Jay Swenberger 2023-07-23
Sorry, I updated to Pep 11 a few weeks ago , no issues until now
Any thoughts?
I've finally had some time to do some digging (definitely a newbie in Linux) and online reading.
Here are some findings - typed out on this different machine (typos are mine):
/etc/nsswitch.conf
hosts: files mdns4_minimal (NOTFOUND=return) dns
/etc/resolv.conf
Generated by NetworkManager
nameserver ::1
/etc/hosts
Standard host addresses
127.0.0.1 localhost
::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
This host address
127.0.1.1 jollymon
Last edit: Jay Swenberger 2023-07-22
When looking at my unaffected laptop running Pep 10, I see these differences:
/etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 127.0.0.53
options edns0
/etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 aspire5
So I'm able to temporarily solve the problem by directly editing the /etc/resolv.conf file. However, when trying to change any network connection settings or on rebooting the computer, my entries are over written and returned to:
nameserver ::1
I've edited the ethernet IPv4 connection setting to Automatic (DHCP) addresses only and added 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as the DNS servers...but this doesn't help.
SOLVED!!! with this link https://www.tecmint.com/set-permanent-dns-nameservers-in-ubuntu-debian/
short answer: 1. install resolvconf utility 2. edit /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/head with desired nameserver entries!!!
Jay
So glad you found a solution. :) We were all new to Linux once, but through reading and us all having a chat, we can usually sort most problems out.