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"Temporary failure in name resolution" issue

Posted: 16. Dec 2022, 02:05
by bradnag
Hi Folks,

What do you think would have been the cause of "Temporary failure in name resolution". I stopped

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/etc/rc.d/rc.networkmanager
and entered

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nameserver 8.8.8.8
and dns resolved OK. I disabled /etc/rc.d/rc.networkmanager and rebooted, network OK. When I started /etc/rc.d/rc.networkmanager back dns failed.

After an hour everything came back to normal /etc/rc.d/rc.networkmanager (enabled and running)

Thanks!

Re: "Temporary failure in name resolution" issue

Posted: 16. Dec 2022, 15:26
by gapan
I guess it could have been that your router's/ISP's default nameservers went offline for a while.

Re: "Temporary failure in name resolution" issue

Posted: 16. Dec 2022, 19:58
by bradnag
gapan wrote: 16. Dec 2022, 15:26 I guess it could have been that your router's/ISP's default nameservers went offline for a while.


It looks like so, but other machine on the same router did not experience this "dns failure"

Re: "Temporary failure in name resolution" issue

Posted: 16. Dec 2022, 20:15
by gapan
Do they have their own individual DNS settings?

Re: "Temporary failure in name resolution" issue

Posted: 17. Dec 2022, 17:34
by bradnag
gapan wrote: 16. Dec 2022, 20:15 Do they have their own individual DNS settings?
No.