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"ping: unknown host google.com" but IPs works fine [duplicate]

I recently upgraded from Ubuntu 12.04 to Ubuntu 14.04. After restarting I have WiFi connected and/or LAN connection with no internet access. I'm using Toshiba Satellite C855D. $ sudo lshw -C network ...
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Cannot ping by host name [duplicate]

I have a strange situation. Pinging by ip works fine, but by host name fails. My observations: nslookup -type=ns google.com ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached In one window I ...
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DNS problems after upgrading from 16.04 to 17.10: How to reset the DNS settings to default?

After upgrading from Ubuntu 16.04 to 17.10, the DNS settings doesn't seem to work anymore. I guess that this might have to do something with the migration from resolvconf to systemd-resolv. How can I ...
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systemd-resolve does not forward DNS requests to stated DNS server

Anyone know how systemd-resolve voodo works? 192.168.1.30is the correct DNS server for my network, as returned by DHCP. /etc/resolv.conf points to 127.0.0.53 Systemd claims to be using the correct ...
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DNS resolution not working in DHCP

I noticed this strange behaviour, I have a wi-fi network that only works with static IP addresses. If I set DHCP the DNS resolution fails, I can for example ping 8.8.8.8 but I can't surf the web or ...
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14.04 Resolving Host (DNS) Problem [closed]

UPDATE: Problem solved with 16.04. I have an Asus Zenbook UX32V. I installed Ubuntu 14.04 and now I cannot browse the Internet. When I connect to a wireless network everything is fine for 2-3 ...
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Cannot access internet on Terminal, browser works fine

I am using Ubuntu 14.04 and connected to network through Ethernet. I am able to browse and connect to Internet via browser but having issue through terminal. I tried to ping www.google.com from ...
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How do I configure DNS resolution if resolvconf doesn't work?

My /etc/resolv.conf will not be written so DNS resolution is not working. I'm running Ubuntu Server 16.04.1 LTS in a virtual machine on our office server. This is my /etc/network/interfaces: # This ...
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Can't boot Ubuntu 18.04 -- missing 'lowerdir' -- failed to connect to lvmetad

I seem to have the same problem as Robin, and I have indeed had an nvidia driver installed. The last things I did were "apt get update" and "apt get upgrade". I'm able to login to recovery mode (as ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 failing apt update - connection failed security/archive.ubuntu.com

I am trying to run apt update on Ubuntu 14.04 installed from trusty-server-cloudimg-amd64.ova. I can see the apt-get traffic is being allowed in the firewall. I ran sudo apt update and below is what ...
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Auto edit resolv.conf on system startup

settings in resolv.conf are being overwritten every time I reboot my system. How can I make it to be overwritten by scrip automatically after reboot in a way I want it?
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DHCP client no longer assigning DNS

Today for some reason my Ethernet adaptor stopped assigning DNS server info via DHCP request. Wifi works without problems. I was getting this error in Chrome DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_BAD_CONFIG. I looked ...
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Screwed up DNS settings in 13.10

When I run nslookup internal.foo.com I get Server: 127.0.1.1 Address: 127.0.1.1#53 ** server can't find internal.foo.com: NXDOMAIN For some reason, I am not getting the 172.17.51.3 ...
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Can't connect to internet Lubuntu 18.04

I can't connect to the internet with my Lubuntu 18.04. It shows the wifi adapter with the signal bars and says that it's connected, but Firefox says: can't connect to server and Sudo apt-get update ...
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How to repair DNS resolution in Ubuntu 16.04

Recently, name resolution failed on Ubuntu 16.04, and I worked around the problem by adding "nameserver 127.0.0.1" to /etc/resolv.conf (which fixed the problem) I know I should not be manually ...
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