Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --sync connecting to 1.0.0.0 [OT, maybe]

[marco restelli]

On 12/17/06, Mark M <makalsky@×××××.com> wrote:
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> On 12/16/06, marco restelli <mrestelli@×××××.com> wrote:
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> > On 12/16/06, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <bss03@××××××××××.net> wrote:
> > > On Saturday 16 December 2006 08:38, "marco restelli" <
> mrestelli@×××××.com>
> > > wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --sync connecting to 1.0.0.0 [OT,
> > > maybe]':
> > > > On 12/16/06, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. < bss03@××××××××××.net> wrote:
> > > > > Probably some bad DNS server...
> > > > >
> > > > > Could you post the contents of /etc/resolv.conf when your laptop is
> > > > > connected to the Netgear?
> > > >
> > > > Here it is:
> > > >
> > > > cat /etc/resolv.conf
> > > > # Generated by dhcpcd for interface wlan0
> > > > nameserver 192.168.1.1
> > > >
> > > > Actually, 192.168.1.1 is the router, which is connected to the
> > > > internet with a Netgear modem, IP 192.168.0.1
> > >
> > > Alright.  This means that (most likely) your laptop is asking your
> router
> > > to resolve rsync.gentoo.org and that router is giving back bad
> > > response(s), at least at first.  You should check the configuration of
> the
> > > DNS server on the router.
> >
> > Ok, this is already a useful information
> >
> > > If you need further assistance, I'll need to know more about your
> router,
> > > specifically it's firm- and software.  Also, if the router isn't running
> > > Gentoo, we may need to take this off-list of (at least) mark further
> > > messages as off-topic.
> >
> > It is Netgear WGR614 v6, and it is not running Gentoo.
> >
> > > If you want to confirm the problem is with the router, break out your
> > > generic DNS clients (dig/nslookup) and network monitoring tools (tcpdump
> > > et al.).  Of course, your router my simply be giving bad responses
> because
> > > it's getting bad responses from further upstream.
> >
> > Thanks for all the advices.
> >
> > Marco
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> >
> >
> I've seen that exact problem with many simple routers like the one you have
> and various Linux distros, almost always
> some of the programs do work with dns server being the router itself and
> some don't. Namely:
>
> Web browsers and IM apps mostly work,
> rsync,svn git and some telnet and ftp apps mostly don't.
> In MS Windows almost always all work just fine.
> The solution for me was to find out in the router itself what are the dns
> servers that it uses and configure them in the system, either in resolv.conf
> or in conf.d/net .
> Hope it helps.
>

Indeed, it works for me as well :-)

Thank you
   Marco
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