From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AB8951382FE for ; Tue, 12 Jul 2016 21:19:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1456721C112; Tue, 12 Jul 2016 21:18:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qk0-f173.google.com (mail-qk0-f173.google.com [209.85.220.173]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CFB4CE0B6C for ; Tue, 12 Jul 2016 21:18:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qk0-f173.google.com with SMTP id s63so26471037qkb.2 for ; Tue, 12 Jul 2016 14:18:43 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=5CVyr7c3r8Ot8BptIB9v+zphFccZApcHOfvDrmz3i2o=; b=v/0S1N88epcBwkKX8ePYPWSmzbPiUpyN8abyW6v1EwFABfzmsLfJbXCWNJydNlmKSF wmOgpndwGBfPu1fFxAyKMDKtlSXiJsm6eV+4DA9o6GbK6pB9996wfUrFTuQxTIk6hMjS 5QMJaXtgzcFaIri0BTMFHS8Ur5SgxU9o+EQUMzD2XHdTc0bZsHiO4Ks/lyns8xY+0RY9 7MwBnRp4IfnyL/VV3zZObLUGMDJOa2dTXnW9pIFUeyf0tz2E96ZmOeqfovVigv25zGPE 0UcuGsSZePcBSusIXXnz+5acRmg3Tz2wTnyctRqQu5YUnv8Mg83dZ374/8IblVvlDWTs SFpA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=5CVyr7c3r8Ot8BptIB9v+zphFccZApcHOfvDrmz3i2o=; b=KOPbByIuO/2dEfbWEXnYE5ktCDZ6ao8ph7//oZkT14gZlbmXBz5btaFJ3gUftkIr7+ uA5b6GKRRiYmLvOvhq9Q5bLDmoo67Zk/1NybscXvW+vuNq77e0IG/VombsAZaj9lmGvk 8mbKvdEbat2nhbLlr6RjDNDe8HBcWHn/kjCL2G0eMf30/5SNdLJZsb/u+zhisamMo/Uo TA+D5D3ywldyMdqoyJl6hmpPsAZMoMBohuwhXathYd6bwvcVmur1j+FF7ySqIBnBY8Lp Phdr/L4RzeW2kN3cUQURmU66VwJ3wQMUzU2dIRmXEf9fO3e5vUtQis9PnvYZv2b1aL1y HRbw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALyK8tIBvq3ZOaNDqV4rpeCGpiNfHU/50Z3nQWzcDwPZJzs9Wa8kPoDcxz/Jc2PXcKIt6U3LTsVrWbAwtY86wA== X-Received: by 10.55.21.160 with SMTP id 32mr5986390qkv.210.1468358322480; Tue, 12 Jul 2016 14:18:42 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.200.45.33 with HTTP; Tue, 12 Jul 2016 14:18:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <1659782.mMxfcyeGIg@dell_xps> <0d999f80-f3b5-a853-289e-ff0ea830c292@gmail.com> <6677826.UpoQaKC3Hd@dell_xps> From: Emanuele Rusconi Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 23:18:13 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Wireless DHCP takes over resolv.conf To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11473cf636f118053776d073 X-Archives-Salt: 62e2ed32-ea02-4d45-8ed5-e801eecebf98 X-Archives-Hash: 65ba90f26dc1e5bf70c26c2d336f39aa --001a11473cf636f118053776d073 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On 11 July 2016 at 17:31, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 11/07/2016 10:32, Emanuele Rusconi wrote: > > Wouldn't it be better to just use the same servers for both wired and > > wireless? It's what I use and it works flawlessly. > > It works flawlessly *for you*, but by no means can you consider it > correct or stable. > > There is no guarantee that a wired and wireless network will use the > same dns caches. > > If it happens to work, great, use it. But be aware there will come a day > when that is no longer true. That's why I phrased my suggestion as a question. I'm honestly curious: aren't DNS servers like Google ones (8.8.8.8 etc.) supposed to be reachable from anywhere? If you can't reach them, isn't your connectivity inherently broken? I'm sure I'm missing something here. -- Emanuele Rusconi --001a11473cf636f118053776d073 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On 11 July 2016 at 17:31, Alan McKinnon = <alan.mckin= non@gmail.com> wrote:
On 11/07/= 2016 10:32, Emanuele Rusconi wrote:
> Wouldn't it be better to just use the same servers for both wired = and
> wireless? It's what I use and it works flawlessly.

It works flawlessly *for you*, but by no means can you consider it correct or stable.

There is no guarantee that a wired and wireless network will use the
same dns caches.

If it happens to work, great, use it. But be aware there will come a day when that is no longer true.

That's why= I phrased my suggestion as a question. I'm honestly curious: aren'= t DNS servers like Google ones (8.8.8.8 etc.) supposed to be reachable from= anywhere? If you can't reach them, isn't your connectivity inheren= tly broken? I'm sure I'm missing something here.
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-- Emanuele Rusconi

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