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I want to expose “easy” URL's for machines on a home network. Is custom DNS/BIND the answer?

I recently convinced my room mates to cut the cord and go cable free, and they've found it pretty great so far. I'm in the process of setting up a pretty sweet, mostly automated home theater setup ...
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Could not resolve host error

I'm using Arch Linux and I have a dynamic ip address with the use of dhcpcd. I can access websites through the google chrome but the problem is that I get 'could not resolve host' error when I run ...
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Ubuntu: How to configure DNS servers in /etc/network/interfaces correctly for resolvconf?

All examples I have seen of configurations (/etc/network/interfaces) showed that you configure an interface and then underneath that gave the dns-* lines such as: auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static ...
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No DNS on Debian wifi after unplugging the DNS cable

I have installed wheezy Release Candidate 1 to my old laptop (Benq Joybook A52) right now, and I have some problem with my wireless card (Atheros 5006). It can actually see the wireless networks, I ...
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Incoming/Outgoing seperation for VPN

My situation is that I want all my outgoing connections from my Debian server to pass through a commercial VPN service I've subscribed to, but I still want to run public-accessible services on this ...
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Command/scripts to check the Reverse DNS Lookup time

I am working on a project in which one master communicates with numbers of slaves. For that it has to make connection with hosts in network. But sometimes it hangs. I think that the reason behind is ...
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Static IP address shifting to 192.168.1.251

I have a system with a static IP address of 192.168.1.150. I configured /etc/network/interfaces manually (i.e. without using NetworkManager.) It is a web server hosting three sites. I am having ...
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How to scan websites that are not available [closed]

I noticed that my cable provider isn't allowing me to access certain websites. At first I thought it was just my system, but after checking several other devices (Windows and iPad), I noticed it ...
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Best way to find out what Linux Version is used on a Webserver

Is this feasible? Can I find out which distro is used to host specific webpages? Whois doesn't have info for this.
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DNS Master vs Slave and Primary vs Secondary

I'm a little confused about the difference between a "secondary name server" and a "slave name server" and a "primary name server" and a "master name server"   I understand that a slave name server ...
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How can I resolve local IPs to hostnames? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to make a machine accessible from the LAN using its hostname I have is a simple home network with a few machines connecting through DHCP. If everyone and their ...
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Apache webserver DNS Configuration [duplicate]

I've configured Apache web server and I've mapped my IP to some web address (like www.webaddress.com) and put the entries in /etc/hosts file also. Now I want to access the same www.webaddress.com from ...
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Why the difference between network addresses reported by hostname and ping?

I have tried hostname and ping in a cluster machine, with different outputs. I am wondering what is the difference between the two? For example, on the same machine, hostname outputs node4.XXX and ...
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Simplest way to set up multiple subdomains to separate VMs running on single host

Problem: I´m planning to set up several virtualized centos, rhel or ubuntu guest machines on a single centos host server (most likely using KVM). Each guest VM is running an instance of a webapp + ...
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Verbose DNS query to see DNS query order?

I typically determine the IP of a host by doing: $ host -t A example.com. Is there a more verbose version of this that tells me whats happening in the background, specifically the order of what is ...
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Using google DNS in netcfg

how can I set up my netcfg profiles to use the google DNS servers? I've tried IP = 'dhcp' DNS = '8.8.8.8' but that didn't cut it.
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DNS Issues on RHEL 6

I'm experiencing some DNS issues on a new RHEL 6 virtual machine. Ping is working fine to an IP, but the machine is unable to resolve any names. I've tried adding Google's DNS servers (8.8.8.8 and ...
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Reverse DNS lookups slowing down network operations on LAN

Environment My LAN setup is quite basic: A router connected to the ISP's modem and the internet My development pc directly connected to the router The router provides DHCP but does not run its ...
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Domain resolve problem with stock Debian

I have a simple install with Debian as a guest in Virtualbox. I installed the resolvconf package. The resolv.conf file is this: # Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by ...
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How can I Forward a subDomain to a specific port?

My apologies if this has been asked before. I haven't found an adequate solution so... yeah. When a specific domain, "example.com" is accessed, I want it to act normally. In other words, it should go ...
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Find my computer on a LAN network

Let's say that I have a computer plugged in to a local network using a dhcp connection, so it will get a different IP every time. Is there a way to find this computer (so the IP) from a different ...
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What DNS servers am I using?

How can I check which DNS server am I using (in Linux)? I am using network manager and a wired connection to my university's LAN. (I am trying to find out why my domain doesn't get resolved)
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What file to I have to edit to make static dns server in CentOS

Almost every distro I know will wipe /etc/resolv.conf on reboot (I think dhcp does this) and thus the place to add static dhcp entries varies per distro. How to I add static dns servers to a CentOS ...
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Can't reach DNS through wireless router

I've got a Ubuntu 10.04 laptop, and recently it's had some odd networking problems. It's on the home wireless router, supplied by the phone company, and has no problem talking to anything on the ...