I have the same problem. In windows dns works with my routers ip. But with linux i need to suply my ISP dns servers. I even got a (hardware) linux router! I know more users with this problem.
On Tue, 2007-08-14 at 19:33 +0200, _saiko wrote: > well on dig @my_isp_ns domain ns i get a nice answer but when using dig > @my_routers_ip domain ns i get no response > > I still don't get it why windows doesn't specifically need ISP > namservers but works ok with the supplied router IP ... > maybe it caches the nameservers the first time it performs lookup ? > > Aaron Griffin wrote: > > On 8/14/07, _saiko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> I noticed that site lookup from my linux box was rather slow > >> took me 5-10 secs to load google for example. > >> Checked that /etc/hosts has correct 127.0.0.1 hostname form and that lo > >> interface was up. Then i tried disabling IPv6 but still no change. > >> I searched the forums and found that ppl solved it by adding their ISP's > >> nameserver IPs rather then their router IPs in resolv.conf > >> Indeed that solved it for me but both things were needed: disabling IPv6 > >> and adding the nameservers. > >> > >> Disabling IPv6 is something that would be understandible since my router > >> doesn't support it and so far i know it's not enabled in win XP per > >> default. > >> But that with the nameservers doesn't make any sence since that isn't > >> needed on my windows boxes yet there are no problems. > >> > >> Anyone care to explain ? > >> > > > > Try messing with dig and nslookup to verify how long it takes for the > > DNS lookup. This way you can also see if it is really a DNS problem or > > not. > > > > If it is, and your DNS server is just slow, try switching to a public > > server (google for that), or run a caching dnsmasq setup somewhere on > > the local machine or local network (I do). > > > > _______________________________________________ > > arch mailing list > > arch@archlinux.org > > http://archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > arch mailing list > arch@archlinux.org > http://archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch _______________________________________________ arch mailing list arch@archlinux.org http://archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
