Comment 5 for bug 331322
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| Jim Kirkpatrick (jim-kirkpatrick) wrote | #5 |
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Ok, now I'm using Jaunty I can provide more information and a work-around that renders this bug fixed for me...
I think the DNS problem is actually with 3 Mobile UK's wobbly 3G network rather than a problem with any component within Jaunty. I say this because I've recently moved house and my Windows-using housemates borrow the connection occasionally and do sometimes have broken DNS. I'd never had that problem in Windows, but then I've only connected under Windows about a dozen times.
So, the work around comes from the fact that PPP in Jaunty does honour the manually entered DNS servers, whereas Intrepid always seemed to ignore them. I fixed this issue by bypassing 3 Mobile's DNS servers and using OpenDNS instead - like so:
1) Right click the network manager icon in the system tray, choose "Edit connections"
2) Go to the "Mobile Broadband" tab and edit the relevant connection
3) Go to 3rd "IPv4 Settings" tab, change "Method" drop-down to "Automatic (PPP) addresses only"
4) Enter "208.67.222.222, 208.67.220.220" in the "DNS Servers" box, click "Apply" and then "Close"
The above means my connection always has good DNS, so this bug/problem is indeed fixable.