DNS problems

[Matt Emmerton]

> gentle people,
> apologies if this question should have been posted in the newbies
> list, but i saw a similar question in the archives of this mailing
> list, which did not quite answer my question.
>
> i'm trying to install FreeBSD for the first time. i'm installing it on
> my desktop.
>
> the installation has gone on pretty cleanly, i have a linksys
> firewall/wireless router behind which i have installed my freeBSD box.
> i have good connectivity and am able to ping, telnet to the internet.
>
> however DNS resolution is a problem.
>
> the browser does not work and for example
> dig www.freebsd.org also does not work.
>
> if i provide the nameserver,dig @server xxx.xxx.xxx - things are fine.
> any ideas. it has to be something really simple.
>
> during the configuration, when i configured my ethernet port, it cleanly
> gets the ip address from the linksys hub and also lists the nameserver
> correctly.
>
> what else do i have to configure ?
>
> ifconfig
> xl0 : flags=8843<UP,BRODACAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> options=b<RXCSUM,TXSUM,VLAN_MTU>
> inet6 fe80::250:daff:fe8c:dcaa%x10 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
> inet 192.168.1.105 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
> ether 00:50:da:8c:dc:aa
> media Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
> status:active
> plip0: flags=8810<POINTTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
> inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
> inet6 :: 1 prefixlen 128
> inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
>
> netstat -nr
> Routing tables
>
> Internet:
> Destination        Gateway       Flags       Refs    Use    Netif Expire
> default               192.168.1.1   UGS         0        0        x10
> 127.0.0.1           127.0.0.1       UH           1       76       lo0
> 192.168.1           link#1           UC           0          0      xl0
> 192.168.1.1        link#1           UHLW      1          0      xl0
> 192.168.1.105    127.0.0.1       UGHS      0          0      lo0
> 192.168.1.255     ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff      UHLWb   0          2      xl0
>
> /etc/resolve.conf is empty.

You mean /etc/resolv.conf?  This is where your nameserver should be listed
if you're getting the information properly from your Linksys router.

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Matt Emmerton