I fixed this by installing bind9 which has named server. After installing bind9, I used the default configuration, which understands DNS AAAA type queries and uses the root name servers and other servers for resolution.
On Dec 17, 2007 10:21 AM, Vaidyanathan Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Amogh Hooshdar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-12-14 17:20:17]: > > > I am having a strange problem with Debian Etch 4.0 (both 64-bit and > > 32-bit) using 2.6.18 kernel. Most websites do not open with browser, > > Pidgin and most other GUI applicatoins. but I am able to ping them > > fine. I am also able to do nslookup properly. When I tried to > > investigate it with Wireshark net sniffer, I observed the following. > > > > PROBLEM WITH 2.6.18 > > Say, I try to open www.google.com, browser sends DNS query for > > www.google.com to my DNS server which is correctly configured in > > resolv.conf. It replies with the correct IP address. www.google.com > > redirects the browser to www.google.co.in. browser sends a DNS query > > again for www.google.co.in and the DNS server replies with 1.0.0.0 > > which obviously is the wrong address. > > I had this problem on Debian 4.0 and it was due to bug in the DSL > router. I had DNS server set to 192.168.1.1 that is my DSL router > that holds the real DNS IP and forwards the DNS lookup request. > > Once in a while the DNS proxy server will give out 1.0.0.0. The > solution I used was to find the real DNS server and fill it in > resolv.conf This avoids the DNS proxy on the router and then problem > went away. > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/81057 > > --Vaidy > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/