Problem
I have recently upgraded my desktop machind from ubuntu 16.04 to ubuntu 16.10 and after reboot some of the websites are not working.
Solution 1
Disable dnsmasq
Edit /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf with the following command
gksu gedit /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
Enter in your password when prompted.
Comment out the line dns=dnsmasq
#dns=dnsmasq
and then restart Network Manager using the following command
sudo restart network-manager
If you get /com/ubuntu/upstart: Connection refused error try the following command
sudo service network-manager restart
Solution 2
Restart dnsmasq service using the following command
sudo service dnsmasq restart
Solution 3
Edit /etc/nsswitch.conf file
gksu gedit /etc/nsswitch.conf
and change the following line
From
hosts: files resolve [!UNAVAIL=return] mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns
to
hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] resolve [!UNAVAIL=return] dns
Save and exit the file
If you have any other solution worked for you please share with us.
Hi,
I’ve same problem.
Thank’s a lot for your fix.
Best,
I seem to encounter this issue after emerging from suspend mode on Ubuntu 16.04.
The issue is not permanent on my machine (MacBookPro) as a reboot solves the issue.
I later on discovered that it is possible to recover from this by restarting the NetworkManager daemon:
sudo service NetworkManager restart
I am assuming that it restarts the dnsmasq process behind the scenes.
HTH
Hallo nice comment. Personally I’m still using ubuntu 16.04 LTS very happy about it. I well had regularly dns resolve issues. But now I do have a brand new router ciscoRV042G . All woks fine now.
Double stack ipv4/ipv6
Using networkmanager all settings auto.
The only thing I had to do was apply the solution one . i commented line
dns=dnsmasq
into
/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf file.
Now if I disable ipv4 true network manager setup . stop restart the specific network adapter. All is running full at ipv6 only. All websites who do support already ipv6 are working fine as well servers/clients. No dns issues. Obviousely still a lot of websites and or server/clients app’s are only ipv4 that’s why double stack running is still required. However with dnsmasq commented and ipv6 running fine overall network browsing and search has improved drastically.