[ubuntu-za] DHCP DNS not included in DNS lookup

[Frans de waal]

Where's the beagle getting it's ip address from?
Are that dhcp server configured correctly?
Check your hosts file,  or specify a nameserver in the interfaces file,
then update your system.  Should do the job.
On 25 Jan 2016 15:12, "Charl Wentzel" <charl.wentzel at vodamail.co.za> wrote:

> Hi Guys
>
> I got myself a little Beaglebone Black PC for a project and installed
> Ubuntu 14.04 on it.  A really nice little device.
>
> However, I'm having a DNS issue.  The Beablebone connects to my PC through
> a networking connection on the USB port (usb0).  The Beaglebone has a
> built-in DHCP server which is used on USB network port.  So when the PC
> connects, it actually gets an IP address from the Beaglebone.
>
> The Beaglebone also has an onboard ethernet port (eth0) setup as a DHCP
> client.  When I plug in a network connection it gets the DHCP parameters
> including IP address and gateway.  However, the DNS server does not get
> passed on.
>
> So essentially when I try to connect to the Internet from the Beaglebone
> (via eht0), I can access IP addresses (e.g. 8.8.8.8) but not domain names
> (e.g. google.com).
>
> I've looked on the Internet but I can't find anybody describing the same
> problem.  Any ideas where to start looking for the issue.
>
> Regards
> Charl
>
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