o1bigtenor via Dng said on Mon, 10 Jul 2023 14:04:28 -0500

[snip thunderstorm and inadequate Internet info]

>not mz googly at dot
>ca which is my norm but I could access 8.8.8.8 .
>
>AIUI that means that I have some kind of DNS resolution issues.

[snip questioning about ISP's DNS]

I avoid DHCP provided DNS by installing the Unbound resolver on each of
my computers, starting its daemon from runit (or I spoze sysvinit), and
I make sure to set /etc/resolv.conf to point at the unbound server and
then chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf .


SteveT

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