I am running a guest install of Ubuntu 9.10 on a Windows XP Host. The guest boots fine and operates normally. The only problem I have is that, while web browsing in the guest, each link I click results in a very lengthy "Looking up www.whatever.com" in the browser status pane. It can take up to 20 seconds for the lookup to go through.
Virtualbox is running in NAT mode. Terminal-based nslookups also result in long delays before resolution. I checked /etc/resolv.conf and the only entry is a valid nameserver.
Ubuntu 9.10 - DNS issues
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Sasquatch
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Re: Ubuntu 9.10 - DNS issues
What happens if you change the DNS server itself? Try an OpenDNS server for once. Does your Host have the same primary DNS server? Any fallback servers? I think the DNS server you have for the VM is just slow.
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Re: Ubuntu 9.10 - DNS issues
Thanks for the reply. The host has the sane DNs server and has no performance lag.
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Re: Ubuntu 9.10 - DNS issues
See Chapter 9.8.5. Enabling DNS proxy in NAT mode & Chapter 9.8.6. Using the host's resolver as a DNS proxy in NAT mode in your VirtualBox Users Manual.
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Re: Ubuntu 9.10 - DNS issues
I'll check those out thanks.