Freebsd clean install dns problem

Question

I would like to try FreeBSD so installed 11.1 64bit on a VirtualBox VM.

Out of the box there is no internet connection so as suggested here I did ifconfig and

dhclient em0:

dhclient already running, pid: xxx.

exiting

ping freebsd.org

ping: cannot resolve freebsd.org: Host name lookup failure

ping 8.8.8.8

64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=1 ttl=56 time=xx.xxx ms

What am I missing? Average linux LiveCD works just fine.

Answer 1

Out of the box there is no internet connection

This is patently not true, given that you demonstrate packets going to and from 8.8.8.8.

What am I missing?

You probably forgot to start your proxy DNS server. You have a choice of several in Ports/Packages. The Handbook recommends running unbound, with

local_unbound_enable=yes

in /etc/rc.conf. It's that simple. The default resolv.conf already points DNS client libraries at it.

I use an improved version of Bernstein's dnscache myself.

Further reading

• "Domain Name System". FreeBSD Handbook. FreeBSD.
• Jonathan de Boyne Pollard (2000). "content" and "proxy" DNS servers. Frequently Given Answers.
• Jonathan de Boyne Pollard (2003). Whence one obtains proxy DNS service. Frequently Given Answers.
• Jonathan de Boyne Pollard (2016). Daniel J. Bernstein's softwares all in one. Softwares.

Answer 2

Found the answer here,

Had to edit /etc/resolv.conf and replace nameserver parameter value 127.0.0.1 with a network dns server.