local_unbound not working

[Odhiambo Washington]

On Sat, 22 Jun 2019 at 18:56, Trond Endrestøl <trond.endrestol at ximalas.info>
wrote:

> On Sat, 22 Jun 2019 18:03+0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
>
> > I have a system which is an exact replica of the other except for the DNS
> > names and IP addresses.
> > The system is FreeBSD-12.
> > Now, on the original system, local_unbound is working perfectly for name
> > resolutions.
> > On the replica, name resolution is not working.
> > I have edited the IPs correctly in unbound.conf, resolv.conf, rc.conf -
> > every other place I can think of.
> > What would cause this failure??
>
> Wildly speculating here of course, does the replica live in the same
> subnet as the original, and is the replica allowed to speak to the
> external DNS service?
>

The replica lives in a different subnet. It's actually being used as a
gateway server elsewhere.


>
> Any typos in the IP address, netmask, gateway, or name of the
> interface(s)?
>

The configs are identical except for  interface: 192.168.xx.254

Are the MAC addresses unique in either case?
>

Yes. They are two different servers living in two physical locations, in
two different ISPs.


>
> Is the switchport placed in shutdown, assuming a manageable/programmable
> switch?
>

The LAN/WAN interfaces are both functional.
 The PF configuration differs only in the WAN IP and LAN subnet.
If I put the same DNS servers that I have in /var/unbound/forward.conf in my
/et/resolv.conf, DNS resolution works.


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