OK - complete solution/workaround is to be found here... But you must read the whole lot before doing anything at all because the last edit makes the first part redundant... http://www.hecticgeek.com/2017/04/ubuntu-17-04-systemd-dns-issues/ The issue involves systemd within which the developers have turned on some dns security aspect which had been turned off in earlier versions of Ubuntu. But the author finds a way for users to keep it turned on but to solve the problem at the same time via something called 'unbound'. Anyway - read and try. Worked for me. Best David On 23 April 2017 at 22:57, hrvooje