[Techtalk] DNS problem with wireles internet

[Wim De Smet]

That is odd.

The nameserver addresses should be written to /etc/resolv.conf. Check
what it says. If you know the router IP you could try using dig
(dnsutils package, not sure if it's installed in 9.04) to query it
directly. On the command line:
dig @IP <somehost>

Considering that it works as root, perhaps check if /etc/resolv.conf
has the right permissions (should be readable for everyone).

cheers,
Wim

On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 2:31 AM, David Sumbler <david at aeolia.co.uk> wrote:
> Further to my earlier message (below), I have discovered that if I log
> in as root, I can get internet access.  But when logged in as a normal
> user, I can't.
>
> And I still can't figure out the answer, though!
>
> David
>
>
>
> On Wed, 2010-08-11 at 23:44 +0100, David Sumbler wrote:
>> I have just received a new psiXpda computer - a sort of hand-held PC.
>> The makers offer it with Windows XP or Ubuntu 9.04; needless to say, I
>> chose the latter.
>>
>> The problem I am having is with connecting to the internet.  The device
>> is connecting wirelessly to my router, and DHCP is working: the computer
>> can report its own IP number, the router reports the computer's
>> presence, and I can log into the router from the computer.  So far so
>> good.  But DNS does not seem to be working.
>>
>> My desktop PC is connected to the router by an ethernet cable, and is
>> set to use the router as a DNS server, which has a fixed IP address on
>> my network.  The router, of course, knows the addresses for my ISP's DNS
>> servers.
>>
>> That all works fine, but presumably with a wireless connection a
>> computer needs automatically to send DNS lookups to the router it is
>> currently connected to, whatever IP address the router has.  Putting an
>> IP address for the router into a file on the computer obviously won't
>> work.  Incidentally, my iPhone works wirelessly with the router, and
>> doesn't have a problem connecting to the internet.
>>
>> Unfortunately it is now well out of office hours, so I can't contact the
>> suppliers of the computer to ask if they know how to solve the problem,
>> and they can be difficult to get hold of at the best of times.
>>
>> So can anyone point me in the right direction as to how to get DNS
>> working?
>>
>> David
>>
>
>
>
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