Can ping and access Google but no other sites on internet

kmb346 · n00b Joined: 14 Aug 2018 Posts: 5 Location: Japan

I recently installed Gentoo version 4.9.95 and got everything up and running, I installed KDE Plasma as well without any trouble. The internet was working perfectly and I could access all sites. However, a few days ago I tried to open some websites in my browser (Chromium and the built-in browser on Plasma, Falkon) but I keep getting error messages saying "This site can't be reached". The only site I can access is www.google.com. I can even search, but if I try to open a page i get the error message.

I can ping Google as well, but no other sites. When I ping other sites I get an error "Temporary failure in name resolution"

I looked around but could not find any real similar issues. I am new to Gentoo and am not very familiar with networking.

I checked my newtwork interface and I have an enp0 network and it says it is up so I am not sure what is causing the issue.

Any help would be appreciated. Please let me know what I can post that would be helpful in solving this.

Thanks in advance.

papas · Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2018 3:37 pm Post subject:

I am not sure, but try add another dns server in rour resolv.conf for example something like this:

kmb346 · n00b Joined: 14 Aug 2018 Posts: 5 Location: Japan

Thank you for your fast reply.

My internet is back up and running! Thanks so much for your advice.

When I added the nameserver to the /etc/resolv.conf, the file kept getting modified automatically and the line I added was was removed.
I had to create a new file called /etc/resolv.conf.tail and add the nameserver to that file.

Thanks again, I was pulling my hair out trying to find a solution.

Hu · Moderator Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 21595

Your change is a workaround, not a fix. Although well-known, that nameserver may not be optimal for you. You would likely be better off using one local to your area. The network scripts should configure DNS for you as part of activating your network. How do you acquire an IP address? Static configuration? DHCP? Please show us the contents of /etc/conf.d/net.

kmb346 · n00b Joined: 14 Aug 2018 Posts: 5 Location: Japan

Thanks for your reply Hu.

I do not have the /etc/conf.d/net file. Maybe it got deleted, I checked the hidden files as well and nothing? Could the absence of this file be the cause of my issue? Do I need to manually create the file or is there a way to recreate it somehow?

I am not running any static configuration that I am aware of, my system is running DHCPCD.

If you need any additional information please let me know and I will post it.

Thanks again.

Hu · Moderator Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 21595

If you use dhcpcd, and do not configure it otherwise, then it should configure your nameserver from what your DHCP server offers. If your DHCP server is not offering a nameserver, you would have a problem. What is the output of dhcpcd -U eth0 (or such other interface as udev may have mangled for you)?

orion777 · Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2018 8:32 am Post subject:

To Note: if You have any capacity restrictions (typically, when 3G/LTE services are used) and it is over, sometimes network providers block all traffic EXCEPT google traffic. This is done to be able to redirect You to its webpage like "your traffic is over, please pay more, and so.." using google DNS server 8.8.8.8.

kmb346 · n00b Joined: 14 Aug 2018 Posts: 5 Location: Japan

When I try dhcpd -U eth0 I get an error:

eth0: dhcp_dump: No such file or directory

I did ifconfig -a and got the following result:

saturnalia0 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 13 Oct 2016 Posts: 134

/etc/resolv.conf is the ultimate resolver. See man resolv.conf(5). Write your DNS servers of choice to it and then chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf and no software will overwrite it.

If your only issue is a broken DNS config file then that is a fix. No need to worry about other net config files. If it ain't broken don't fix it.

Hu · Moderator Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 21595

Your DHCP server set itself as a DNS server. This may be fine, if it offers DNS service. What does dig www.gentoo.org @192.168.0.1 show?

saturnalia0: please never suggest using chattr +i for this. I've seen several users with weird problems that were ultimately traced to them blindly following that bit of advice.

P.Kosunen · Guru Joined: 21 Nov 2005 Posts: 309 Location: Finland

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2018 11:22 am Post subject:

saturnalia0,

That's what the /etc/resolv.head and /etc/resolv.tail files are for.
chattr +i is a horrible thing to do.
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kmb346 · n00b Joined: 14 Aug 2018 Posts: 5 Location: Japan

Thanks everyone for your responses.

When I do dig www.gentoo.org @192.168.0.1 I get the following output:

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2018 4:59 pm Post subject:

kmb346,

Look in your router set up and see if the domain name server is turned off.
If its supposed be working by isn't, create the file /etc/resolv.conf.tail with your own name server entries.

Use your ISP provided nameservers as they will be fastest.

/etc/resolv.conf.tail is appended to /etc/resolv.conf, so if it suddenly starts working, or you move to another network, it will still jush work as your manual entries will be lower down the list than dhcpcd provided entries.

The chattr +i method will ensure that your system is not portable, since a properly working network would not be able to overwrite /etc/resolv.conf.

As an aside, you have a global scope IPv6 address