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RN204 can't query local DNS
When we configure a NIC's settings using the Admin GUI, is that supposed to also make changes to the device's /etc/resolv.conf file?
The reason I ask is because on my device it apparently isn't. Here's a full description of the problem:
https://serverfault.com/q/1157290
As we can see, the /etc/resolv.conf file contains only three IPv6 entries that are all the same and that don't seem to be related to my LAN.
What would happen if I edited this file to specify my LAN's IPv4 DNS servers? Good idea or bad?
Please advise.
Thanks,
Jeff Bowman
Fairbanks, Alaska
InteXX wrote:
> FWIW, my resolv.conf is
And is that the same as is indicated in your GUI? Does it change when you update it in the GUI (e.g. add another nameserver)?
yes, that is the correct server and and matches the GUI.
When I add 8.8.8.8 from the GUI, that is also added to resolv.conf. And when I remove 8.8.8.8 again, it is removed from resolv.conf.
IPv6 is disabled on my NAS.
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I'm wonderiing what would happen if you disable ipv6 on the NAS.
FWIW, my resolv.conf is
root@NAS:~# cat /etc/resolv.conf # Generated by Connection Manager nameserver 10.0.0.1 root@NAS:~#> FWIW, my resolv.conf is
And is that the same as is indicated in your GUI? Does it change when you update it in the GUI (e.g. add another nameserver)?
InteXX wrote:
> FWIW, my resolv.conf is
And is that the same as is indicated in your GUI? Does it change when you update it in the GUI (e.g. add another nameserver)?
yes, that is the correct server and and matches the GUI.
When I add 8.8.8.8 from the GUI, that is also added to resolv.conf. And when I remove 8.8.8.8 again, it is removed from resolv.conf.
IPv6 is disabled on my NAS.
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