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6 Hours Ago

jdthood replied to a thread DNS Cache and Encryption in Networking & Wireless

I have filed a report in the Debian bug tracking system where I wish for automagic integration of dnsmasq with dnscrypt-proxy:...

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23 Hours Ago

jdthood replied to a thread Changing DNS in Ubuntu 12.10 and 12.04 in Networking & Wireless

Hi. You are not the first to experience this. Please report your experience with as many relevant details as possible to bug #1000244. *...

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2 Days Ago

jdthood replied to a thread DNS Cache and Encryption in Networking & Wireless

First let me say that I appreciate what you are trying to do. It's good that you were able to get dnsmasq and dnscrypt working together in daisy...

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4 Days Ago

jdthood replied to a thread DNS Cache and Encryption in Networking & Wireless

Resolvconf won't normally add 127.0.0.2 to resolv.conf if there is an earlier line "nameserver 127.0.1.1". It isn't needed there because the glibc...

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4 Days Ago

jdthood replied to a thread DNS Cache and Encryption in Networking & Wireless

Perhaps add your comment to the existing bug report https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dnsmasq/+bug/1042275

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4 Days Ago

jdthood replied to a thread DNS Cache and Encryption in Networking & Wireless

This indicates that resolvconf is either absent, or is non-standardly configured on your machine. Because resolvconf normally doesn't include any...

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4 Days Ago

jdthood replied to a thread DNS Cache and Encryption in Networking & Wireless

Long ago when Debian contained the "dhcp-client" package (version 2), /etc/dhcp/ was used. When "dhcp3-client" was introduced it used /etc/dhcp3/ so...

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6 Days Ago

jdthood replied to a thread 13.04 wont shut down in Installation & Upgrades

Open Ubuntu Software Center. Click Edit | Software Sources.... Select the Updates tab and check on Pre-released updates. In a Terminal, run `sudo...

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6 Days Ago

jdthood replied to a thread DNS Cache and Encryption in Networking & Wireless

The third line comes from your command echo "nameserver 127.0.1.1" | /sbin/resolvconf -a lo.$NAME #In fact, what does this actually do? in...

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1 Week Ago

jdthood replied to a thread DNS Cache and Encryption in Networking & Wireless

You are certainly correct that there is a lot of misinformation out there. A good introduction is Stéphane Graber's blog post:...

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1 Week Ago

jdthood replied to a thread DNS Cache and Encryption in Networking & Wireless

In Ubuntu 12.10 or later it can be configured by adding a file to /etc/NetworkManager/dnsmasq.d/.

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1 Week Ago

jdthood replied to a thread router and weird DNS server in Networking & Wireless

Your statements are still a bit ambiguous so let's see if I have understood correctly. Your Windows machine receives the nameserver address...

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1 Week Ago

jdthood replied to a thread router and weird DNS server in Networking & Wireless

That is true of Ubuntu Desktop, not of Ubuntu Server. Ubuntu Desktop includes NetworkManager in the default install and NetworkManager by default...

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2 Weeks Ago

jdthood replied to a thread Connecting to Wireless Network Is Very Slow in Networking & Wireless

Have you checked on launchpad.net for bugs related to your Wi-Fi hardware's driver? https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux

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2 Weeks Ago

jdthood replied to a thread Connecting to Wireless Network Is Very Slow in Networking & Wireless

No, that is not a bug. Resolvconf is working correctly. Resolvconf writes "nameserver 127.0.1.1" to resolv.conf and this reflects the fact that...

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3 Weeks Ago

jdthood replied to a thread [SOLVED] No WAN connection, but LAN connection is OK in Networking & Wireless

Something appears to have trashed your /etc/resolv.conf. Run "sudo dpkg-reconfigure resolvconf" to reinstall the symbolic link /etc/resolv.conf ->...

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3 Weeks Ago

jdthood replied to a thread [SOLVED] No WAN connection, but LAN connection is OK in Networking & Wireless

The problem could also be with the local NetworkManager-controlled forwarding nameserver. See if disabling it helps. To disable the local forwarding...

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3 Weeks Ago

jdthood replied to a thread Changing DNS in Ubuntu 12.10 and 12.04 in Networking & Wireless

In Ubuntu 12.04 and later you shouldn't edit /etc/resolv.conf. Instead you enter nameserver information into the tool that configures your network...

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