I can ping IP but not hostname
 

Hi,

I have CentOS on virtualbox/ Windows 10. The network setting in the virutalbox is attached to: Bridged Adapter

In CentOS i can ping IPs, but not URLs. I tried setting 8.8.8.8 in resolv.conf but no luck. Can you please help me knowing why?

Below my config

[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-enp0s3
TYPE=Ethernet
PROXY_METHOD=none
BROWSER_ONLY=no
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
DEFROUTE=yes
IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=no
IPV6INIT=no
IPV6_AUTOCONF=yes
IPV6_DEFROUTE=yes
IPV6_FAILURE_FATAL=no
IPV6_ADDR_GEN_MODE=stable-privacy
NAME=enp0s3
UUID=04f8aba5-ee9f-425e-9333-4c9ed58b4d9b
DEVICE=enp0s3
ONBOOT=yes


[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/resolv.conf
# Generated by NetworkManager
nameserver 172.21.1.1 -----> IP address of my router
[root@localhost ~]#

[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4
::1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6
[root@localhost ~]#

[root@localhost ~]# iptables -L
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
[root@localhost ~]#


Thanks,

/etc/resolv.conf should contain the IP address of the name servers you wish to use, like this:

nameserver 194.168.4.123
nameserver 208.67.222.222
nameserver 158.152.1.43

I have no idea how things like systemD work with resolv.conf.
The intent of those who designed Unix networking was to have a simple text file that was easy to parse and contained the information needed.
I have always stuck to this and create my own resolv.conf and then made it immutable so nothing can change it, and things just work.

Hi
I have tried adding 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 in the resolv.conf but it didnt work either

Duplicate reply

It must be a DNS thing. If you can ping a numeric IP only DNS can be failing.

Setting nameserver 8.8.8.8 in /etc/resolv.conf is sensible. But take into account that this file is overwritten every time a new DHCP address is issued. Very important.

Try to issue
and see which DNS server is being used. If any. If you don't have dig, try nslookup.

If no DNS server is used, stop the dhcp client (not sure how to do that on Centos) or use a fixed IP. Set resolv.conf to nameserver 8.8.8.8 and try again.

jlinkels

never mind it is a broader spectrum then I thought.

I cannot run dig, it is not installed. And since no name resolution i cannot run yum either

TryOn my machine network-manager is managing resolved. So, I opted to handle my connections through network-manager. Yours might be different. If it says /etc/resolv.conf is a link to , see if the service is running:

If it it's not enabled, enable it and then start it. Whatever the case, make sure /etc/resolv.conf links to the correct file, and that your connections are managed correctly.

OP check your router and ensure that it is configured properly to give out the correct DNS Servers. No need to have systemd-resolved or anything else running if you are not providing DNS Services.

resolved resolves DNS for clients also.

I replace virtualbox with VMware, and everything works fine now.. so something in the Virtualbox