On 11/10/2013 14:57, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > > Recently we have begun to have problems with our browsers stopping to > work, ask it to go to a bookmark address and nothing happens, everything > stops until an error message comes up that the address can not be found. > > Thunderbird continues to receive e-mail unless I restart Thunderbird, > then it is unable to find gmail.com. The problem exists on two F-19 > computers and several Apple computers on the LAN, in fact I often become > aware of the problem when someone complains that the internet connection > is down. > > I can always restore normal operation by re-starting the Viasat modem, a > process that takes several minutes and is an annoyance. > > I have determined that I can enter a numeric address e.g. 199.106.52.212 > for viasat.com and that works as expected. At the request of viasat tech > support I tried taking the router out of the circuit and connecting > directly to the modem, that effected no change. Curiously, at the time > this this morning when the problem was manifest tech support's "computer > was down" which left me wondering if there was a correlation with my > apparent DNS problem. I was asked to call back in a few hours, I did that. > > The tech support person seemed to take offense at my claiming there was > a DNS problem and went on to explain that I probably have a dhcp problem > and we need to start by "re-setting my NIC." From there on the > conversation began to deteriorate and she accused me of shouting at her, > I was able to extricate myself gracefully after that and agree that I > would call back when I had more time to devote to troubleshooting. > > Am I missing some point here? Is there some connection between dhcp and > dns that I am not aware of. My dhcp server is in the router and deals > with about thirty addresses on the LAN and works faultlessly as far as I > can see. > > Any thoughts appreciated, > > Bob > > DHCP is used to distribute DNS resolvers to your LAN. What resolvers do you get via DHCP? (Check Network Manager or /etc/resolv.conf) -- staticsafe O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org Please don't top post. It is not logical. Please don't CC me! I'm subscribed to whatever list I just posted on. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
