Domain Name Service, a method of converting a textual doman name to an IP address
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Using a dyn.com dynamic host name with an AirPort device
I have an AirPort Extreme base station with firmware 7.6.1 and would like to access it remotely using a dynamic hostname registered with dyn.com (e.g. example.dyndns.org).
An explanation is given by ...
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Fast External DNS Servers and My Intranet
The local DNS servers, where I work, stink. They're absurdly slow and often completely fail to resolve web domains during certain periods of heavy sunspot activity.
In response, I've just added ...
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Ping and curl resolve to one IP, dig/nslookup/host resolve to another
OK, I have a very interesting case. I have a custom DNS server that is vending out IP addresses to varying servers in my test network. If I use dig, nslookup, or host, it tells me that it's properly ...
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What are the domains of the iTunes & Software Update CDNs?
Background info: the various iTunes stores (and I think Software Update) use the a CDN to deliver all those jigabits of data. Google DNS can mess with the speed of these CDNs.
I like using Google ...
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How to prevent sending of hostname via DHCP?
I am trying to prevent OS X from sending its hostname to the DHCP server. For example, in OpenSuse systems there is DHCLIENT_HOSTNAME_OPTION="AUTO".
I cannot find a similar option in OS X for this, ...
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Lion server DNS problem with .private
I have just installed a lion server on my home network. I want to use it as a .private. Domain. I have implemented the VPN connection for external users via port fwd on my apple time machine router. ...
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How to host Etherpad (node.js) AND create a closed Wifi network from the same Mac?
I have a successfully running Etherpad install running on my Mac, and when clients on my network connect to my node.js server through the IP address assigned by my router, all is well.
But I'm going ...
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AirPort Extreme, OS X Server, DHCP and Dynamic DNS
I have a AirPort Extreme and OS X Server (Mountain Lion). On my local network, I have a number of OS X, Windows, Ubuntu and other machines using DHCP to obtain network addresses. Almost all ...
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Strange domain name appears in Sharing Preferences, source unknown
First of all before anyone asks, I have already set my DNS name in the Terminal with scutil, which is reflected on the Terminal prompt and returned by the hostname command. I also understand that this ...
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Periodic problem with DNS resolution
Since a few days, the DNS resolution stops working for random amounts of time, a few seconds to a few hours (I logged it with a simple script). It sometimes goes back to normal without any ...
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nslookup & dig fail; ping, traceroute, and scutil -r work
I'm running on 10.8.2. All of a sudden, traditional nameserver lookups are failing on my machine:
$ nslookup www.att.com
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
$ dig www.att.com
; ...
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Changing WiFi settings separately
I'm using 2 WiFi networks with my MacBook Air. I need to switch between them sometimes. The problem is one needs completely different settings from the other, and it looks like I can only make ...
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not resolve local domins from /etc/hosts
Somehow I have a problem (previously everything was ok), hosts form /etc/hosts can't bre resolved.
I have local domain in /etc/hosts, like
127.0.0.1 test.local
It's loading in browser well but too ...
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DNS issue with Microsoft Sharepoint
I am having this issue on my MacBook Air but not on my Windows machine or even my Windows virtual machine on the Macbook Air.
Client uses Microsoft SharePoint for documents and logs. I was given two ...
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ping and browsers do not seem to use local DNS server? (or: mDNSResponder looses local dns server?)
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DNS Server
CentOS 5.6 64bit running dnsmasq 2.45 on IP 10.9.8.2.
Serving as DNS-Only Server using it's local /etc/hosts. /etc/resolv.conf on this machine has
Router
Draytek ...
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Using dnsmasq when not connected to the Internet
I'm routing dns requests through dnsmasq so that domains I'm using for local development point to 127.0.0.1. This works great when I'm connected to the Internet via Wi-Fi or ethernet, but I start to ...
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Can Time Capsule/Airport (4th gen) serve local DNS?
I just got a 4th gen Time Capsule for my wife to use as her own backup server, and I'm potentially interested in using it as the main router and Wifi AP on my home network. My current router and AP is ...
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Local DNS server access delays
Access to a local DNS server is always delayed by ~1 second.
I enabled the DNS server on OS-X Lion and it does indeed work. However when I query it using 'dig' (or nslookup) there is a delay of ...
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Why opening a ssh connection to Lion is taking too long?
Why is SSH taking too long to open when I SSH to Lion.
I have to wait ~30s to see the Password prompt.
The DNS is working on the Lion server.
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How to resolve network issue or DNS to access web page on Snow Leopard Server?
I have my network setup like as follows:
internet > router 1 > ethernet ports > switch > router 2
I have a Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server connected to "router 1", but it is so slow when accessing a ...
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DNS gone after wakup
I'm having problems with the DNS resolution after a wakeup from sleep.
The system I'm running is Mac OSX Lion 10.7, and I am properly connected to my wifi.
When I issue a ping google.com in the ...
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Macbook can't resolve any domain names
I have a 13" Macbook running Snow Leopard 10.6.6 which is unable to go to any URL on either my office or hotel networks.
I have no proxy or firewall enabled on the computer - and have connected to ...
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Why can I not access my own website - unknown host? [closed]
I have a website - www.birupakhyadash.com - which I am not able to access. The traceroute to the address returns the error: unknown host.
I have tried to clear the dns cache and disable the ...
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Custom Local DNS entry ignored
I'm using dnsmasq to route requests to .lh hosts to my vagrant server currently running on 192.168.0.5 on Mac OSX 10.6.
scutil --dns returns the correct resolver info:
resolver #9
domain : lh
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DNS Changer on my iPad
I've jailbroken my iPad. First time I checked with dns-changer.eu it stated mine was manipulated, then I checked again it stated that mine is clean. Getting confused & curious, I checked again ...
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How to use machine name of iOS devices on network?
I have an iPhone 4 and a 3rd generation iPad. They connect to my local home network over WiFi but I cannot use their machines names. I have an app on both devices that exposes a web server, but I can ...
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How to reach websites that have failed while offline?
When I try to open a website when my connection is down or while my modem is starting up, my Mac flags this url as unreachable.
When the connection is finally open and internet available, I still ...
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Is there an iOS App for preserving the dns your computer points to when it switches networks?
I'm looking to do some mobile, mobile web development. When I switch networks using the Ubuntu Linux VM I am using to do this, I store my /etc/networking/interfaces and dnsmasq settings in a git ...
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Something keeps directing sub domains back to my own local host 127.0.0.1
I run mamp pro locally for web development and for each site I have internal maps for:
domain.com = remote
dev.domain.com = remote
domain.dev = local
I expect domain.dev is handled by mamp on my ...
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Change of IP / Configure AirPort Extreme
Earlier today our IP Address changed due to misconfiguration caused by our ISP. I'm trying to ensure our IP won't change again. So I spoke with our ISP and they assigned us a static IP (we were ...
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Where could I get my networks domain name?
I am trying to determine domain name of my network.
I tried some programming methods, commands but i could not
get domain name of my network.I got ip address using cat /etc/resolv.conf
I was doing ...
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Preventing google search for custom top-level domain
How can I prevent safari to redirect the user to the google search page for addresses with custom top-level domains?
Given an address of the type http://application.test where test is a primary zone ...
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Mac equivalent of /etc/nsswitch.conf for PHP chroot
I've setup a chroot for my PHP server running behind nginx on mac.
It works except for any call to a CURL request fails with an error like cURL resource: Resource id #43; cURL error: Couldn't resolve ...
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named (bind DNS) not quitting
I am trying to quit named, but it keeps popping up. I tried removing the configuration an key files, unloading it from launchd, you name it. Yet it keeps starting. How do I kill it permanently?
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Another DNS name resolution trouble!
The problem
I have OS X Mountain Lion, latest updates installed.
Randomly after boot, I have no network connectivity from a user perspective. Web browsers are unable to display pages, no mail to ...
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Existing domain can't be found
I have a problem very similar to the one posted here.
I've tried everything suggested but I'm still unable to see the site (that is http://martinlandaumusic.com).
I think the issue has been caused ...
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Browser (Safari, Chrome, Firefox) routes to incorrect server for domain
I purchased a new domain for my website at Hover.com. I pointed the name servers to my host provider. Everything works smoothly when I access the site on my iPhone, iPad, on my roommate's laptop, or ...
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How does the iPad expose its host name over the network?
When I connect my iPad to the wifi network at work, I can ping it by name: ping my-ipad. Clearly the router is somehow exposing it via DNS, or something like that.
But when I connect my iPad to the ...
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mac need to refresh the page to load the correct page
I'm currently developing a site that has an existing/live site. But we have our development site/new version on another server and ip address. But we want our customer to access the dev site using the ...
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Ethernet Working but No Internet Connection
In my office, nearly everybody uses Mac and we have just only one Windows 7 system. Just this morning, all the Mac systems (10.8.2) could not connect to the internet but could connect to the network, ...
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How can I set up Macs with dynamic IP addresses to update a server with a static IP?
I have several clients who have Airport Extremes and Macs at their houses. They all have dynamic IP address from their ISP. I want to have their Airport Extremes register their IP addresses with my ...
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dspluginhelperd error: DNS servers not configured properly
I get the following error message all the time. What is it? I have only found one similar instance on Experts Exchange without a solution to it. It seems it has something to do with AdmitMAC. The ...
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DNS Problem: My website loads a spammy page when i visit from my computer, but works fine on my phone and other computers
I have tried visiting http://getridofit.com from my mac using Chrome and Safari. Both times it loads this page:
When I visit from any other computer I get the normal website. Is this a DNS problem ...
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Cannot use ssh/ping domain name after connecting to openvpn
I've got two macs, both on the same network, both using Tunnelblick to connect to vpn.
Both with same settings. Both connect fine and both have the same settings for DNS and search domain applied ...
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DNS Issues after Updating to Mountain Lion
I've updated to Mountain Lion, and I'm having some DNS problems. I always PPTP/L2TP VPN connections on my macbook. Recently after a while of working with Mountain Lion, VPN stops sending and receiving ...
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Odd (potentially DNS) network problems on my Macbook Pro (VPN / Network Connect related)
I was reluctant to ask a new question as there appears to be a million dns related questions on here and elsewhere already, but, I think mine might be a bit different.
An example, right now I am ...
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Is it possible to bypass a proxy when the proxy settings are set to Auto Proxy Config?
I've set up Automatic Proxy Configuration (PAC) in OSX Snow Leopard to point to a URL. I've also filled out the "Bypass proxy settings for these Hosts & Domains" box because I want to skip the ...
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iMac running Snow Leopard won't resolve DNS
Having problems with an iMac that I bought today. It's a 21", 2ghz Dual Core with 4GB ram. I'm connecting to my router via ethernet, and I can load up my remote websites and servers using the ip ...
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Reason for perpetual dynamic DNS updates?
(Crossposted from Serverfault)
I'm using dynamic DNS (the "adult" version from RFC 2136, not à la DynDNS), and for a while now I've been seeing my laptops with MacOS 10.6.x churning out updates about ...
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DNS Problem with my Macbook Pro
I have a problem with my Macbook Pro. I suspend it and if I should open it up and the wifi is connected and all looks pretty well. But I have no connection with my DNS Server. Other devices works ...
