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xport Novice 14 posts since
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Aug 16, 2005 7:36 AM

FreeBSD guest os can't resolve domain name under NAT model ?

Hi...

 

I can not access internet via domain name, but could use the real IP address to browse !

 

the system run as the following:

 

FreeBSD guest os can't resolve domain name under NAT model ?shell>[/b] ping www.freebsd.org

ping: cannot resolve www.freebsd.org: No address associated with name

 

What should I do? pls help me, thanks!

 

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I list my environments here for your checking:

 

FreeBSD guest os can't resolve domain name under NAT model ?VMware Network Model:[/b]NAT

FreeBSD guest os can't resolve domain name under NAT model ?My Host OS:[/b] Windows 2003 Server Enterprise

FreeBSD guest os can't resolve domain name under NAT model ?My Guest OS:[/b] FreeBSD 5.4 Release

 

VMware VMnet8 IP: 192.168.8.1

DHCP start/end IP: 192.168.8.128~192.168.8.254

NAT Gateway ID: 192.168.8.2

 

in my FreeBSD guest OS:

 

FreeBSD guest os can't resolve domain name under NAT model ?shell>[/b]  ifconfig lnc0

lnc0: flags=108843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500

        inet6 fe80::20c:29ff:fe14:e616%lnc0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1

        inet 192.168.8.128 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.8.255

        ether 00:0c:29:14:e6:16

 

FreeBSD guest os can't resolve domain name under NAT model ?shell>[/b] more /etc/rc.conf

gateway_enable="YES"

hostname="FreeBSD.home"

ifconfig_lnc0="DHCP"

inetd_enable="NO"

ipv6_enable="NO"

ipv6_gateway_enable="NO"

linux_enable="YES"

moused_enable="YES"

natd_enable="YES"

natd_interface="lnc0"

sendmail_enable="NO"

sshd_enable="YES"

tcp_extensions="YES"

usbd_enable="NO"

usbd_flags="NO"

 

FreeBSD guest os can't resolve domain name under NAT model ?shell>[/b] more /etc/resolv.conf

search localdomain

nameserver 192.168.8.2

nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx FreeBSD guest os can't resolve domain name under NAT model ?<-- the ISP DNS Server IP, sorry I marked them.[/b]

continuum Guru User Moderators vExpert 23,520 posts since
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1. Aug 16, 2005 11:46 AM in response to: xport
Re: FreeBSD guest os can't resolve domain name under NAT model ?

Hi

if your guest uses one nic only - this settings look strange:

gateway_enable="YES"

natd_enable="YES"

natd_interface="lnc0"

 

What is that good for ?

Can your host resolv www.freebsd.org ?

continuum Guru User Moderators vExpert 23,520 posts since
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4. Aug 17, 2005 6:05 PM in response to: xport
Re: FreeBSD guest os can't resolve domain name under NAT model ?

Why do you want to enable gateway in rc.conf? - you will not need that for VM with one nic only.

 

Why do you want to run NatD in your VM?

 

When you run nslookup - do you get the IP of your Host or the one from your provider?

continuum Guru User Moderators vExpert 23,520 posts since
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6. Aug 18, 2005 7:36 AM in response to: xport
Re: FreeBSD guest os can't resolve domain name under NAT model ?

Hi

I would use bridged networking with

rc.conf:

...

ifconfig_lnc0="inet 10.0.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0"

defaultrouter="10.0.0.138"

...

 

resolv.conf:

nameserver DNS-server from your provider

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