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    From Liam Proven@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 21 15:59:15 2022
    I am having problems getting online with RISC OS.

    I have a ½Gb/s home broadband connection supplied over a cable TV line
    by Vodafone. The snag is that this means that I don't have full control
    over my "ConnectBox" router, which I think is a Compal CH7465.

    However I try to run RISC OS 5, be it on a RasPi 3, or a RasPi 4 (or
    400, same µSD card), or even under RPCemu under Win11, it can't do name resolution.

    I've tried pointing it at the Google DNS servers: 8.8.8.8/8.8.4.4. And
    at Quad9. And at my router, obviously, which I thought it should get
    through DHCP.

    If I add IP addresses and names to the Hosts file, they can be found.
    But basically DNS resolution isn't working, at all.

    Is there some other way to configure DNS servers other than the Internet Resolution | Host Names settings screen?

    Is there a RISC OS equivalent to /etc/resolv.conf?

    I have also had problems with Alpine Linux, although most of my other
    machines seem to work just fine. I think some recent change is causing
    RO problems, but I am pretty sure that asking Vodafone Czechia about
    RISC OS is not going to get me far.

    https://xkcd.com/806/

    --
    Liam Proven ~ Prague, Czechia
    [email protected]
    (or liamproven on either AOL or Yahoo UK)

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  • From Doug Webb@21:1/5 to Liam Proven on Wed Jun 22 09:53:03 2022
    In message <t8sirj$9us$[email protected]>
    Liam Proven <[email protected]> wrote:

    I am having problems getting online with RISC OS.

    I have a ½Gb/s home broadband connection supplied over a cable TV line
    by Vodafone. The snag is that this means that I don't have full control
    over my "ConnectBox" router, which I think is a Compal CH7465.

    However I try to run RISC OS 5, be it on a RasPi 3, or a RasPi 4 (or
    400, same µSD card), or even under RPCemu under Win11, it can't do name resolution.

    I've tried pointing it at the Google DNS servers: 8.8.8.8/8.8.4.4. And
    at Quad9. And at my router, obviously, which I thought it should get
    through DHCP.

    Have you tried setting the router as the primary name server via Task switcher>Configure>Configuration>Network>Internet>HostNames>Try name
    server too ticked and the routers IP address in Primary Name server.

    Also how are the Pi's getting their time and/or is it set?

    Task switcher>Configure>Configuration>Time and Date

    If it is from network then set it to manual and set the time and reboot.

    It could be that it is getting confused due to the location you are in.

    Having an incorrect date will stop your browser working.


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