On Thu, 2017-10-12 at 07:08 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 10/12/17 06:08, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > I know what DDNS is. That's not what I'm talking about. I'm not using > > DDNS at present though I have done in the past. The router has a > > control panel for configuring *its own* DNS resolver, i.e. where it > > forwards queries to upstream. It was set to "dynamic", which I > > interpret to mean "get the configuration from the ISP". (The broadband > > connection is PPPoE so it presumably behaves like an Ethernet). > > Changing it to explicitly point at Google is what had the desired > > effect. It now seems likely that the kernel version was mere > > coincidence, at least I hope so. > > It was 05:45 and still dark out. Forgot who I was talking with. Sorry about > that.
No worries. Hope I didn't sound snappy, which wasn't my intention. > > > So, in your configuration it sounds like your Fedora system is getting > > > all the > > > network configuration from your router. So, if you look in > > > /etc/resolv.conf you see > > > the IP address of your router? Yes? > > > > Correct. > > > > > > I don't see how a change of kernel could have affected this, unless > > > > there's some subtlety in uPnP (or DHCP), but we'll see. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't think you're seeing any kernel issues. > > > > As I say, that may well be the case (I hope it is). The router config > > change seems to have corrected the problem for now. > > > Would have been nice know what resolver the router was using when set to > Dynamic..... Probably the ISPs own server, but there's no easy way to know and by this time they've probably corrected any problem they may have had. poc _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
