Re: DNS problem using Treo with bluetooth. Fedora Core 3.

[Chris Nolan <chris cenolan com>]

David A. Desrosiers wrote:

> > 6) From the Treo I can ping 10.0.0.5, 10.0.0.2 and also external IP 
> > addresses like 64.233.183.104 (google) but I cannot get any domain 
> > names resolved. Ping google.com results in a timeout, Blazer times 
> > out, Versamail can't find the servers, etc.
> >    
>
> 	I've seen a similar problem before several years ago, and it 
> ended up being a bug in PalmOS itself, where you had to enter the IP 
> addresses backwards. The link below might help: 
>
> 	http://lists.pilot-link.org/pipermail/pilot-link-general/2004-March/001739.html
>
>
>
> David A. Desrosiers
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Thanks David (and Tessa who suggested the same by email) I tried 
reversing the octects of the IP for the DNS but to no effect. Does 
anyone know if that particular bug affects palmOS 5.4?

I guess that this could be a wider problem with my DNS settings but I'm 
really not sure? I was using 10.0.0.2 as the DNS server but today I 
noticed I was getting slow domain name lookups when surfing the web on 
the PC. So I have now configured Linux to use my ISP's DNS instead and 
domain name lookups are now instant from the PC.

Having solved that I was excited that the PC to Treo internet connection 
might be working! I setup the ppp connection to use the new DNS and 
connected again from my Treo. But no, I get exactly the same results: 
can ping local IP's and external IP's but can't resolve domain names, 
it's driving me crazy!

I have also tried removing the "ms-dns" line from the ppp config file 
and instead entering the DNS manually into the Advanced network settings 
page on the Treo. Again no joy - exactly the same symptoms. Anyone any 
further ideas?

Thanks for your help
Chris