[gNewSense-users] Weird IP address problem (was Re: gNewSense-users Digest, Vol 2, Issue 54 )

[Peter Garrett]

On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 15:48:54 +0530
arnuld <address@hidden> wrote:

> > Correct. Maybe OpenDNS will help - try the instructions in "Using
> > OpenDNS with DHCP":
> 
> > http://www.opendns.com/start/unix.php
> 
> you did not get my prbolem. my internet is working fine & 2 DNS
> address 218.248.255.145, 61.1.96.69 work without any trouble & i
> amwriting this reply using these 2 in "/etc/resolv.conf". i said i can
> not update/install any packages using "Add/Remove" or apt-get or
> whatever & i have shown you the output earlier but see it here again:
[snip]
> 
> http://in.archive.gnewsense.org/gnewsense/dists/deltad/Release.gpg:
> Could not connect to in.archive.gnewsense.org:80 (1.0.0.0), connection
> timed out
> 
> http://in.security.gnewsense.org/gnewsense/dists/deltad-security/Release.gpg:
> Could not connect to in.security.gnewsense.org:80 (1.0.0.0),
> connection timed out
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> can you help me on how can i add/upgrade packages?

$ host in.archive.gnewsense.org
in.archive.gnewsense.org is an alias for us.archive.gnewsense.org.
us.archive.gnewsense.org has address 199.232.41.84

$ host 1.0.0.0
Host 0.0.0.1.in-addr.arpa not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)

Do you see the problem, and why a DNS solution was suggested?

Alternatively, as a test, try substituting the IP address 199.232.41.84 in
your /etc/apt/sources.list for "in.archive.gnewsense.org" and see if that
works.

For instance, 
sudo cp  /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.backup
gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
(use "Search -Replace" to replace in.archive.gnewsense.org with
199.232.41.84 )
sudo apt-get update


I have no idea why your system thinks in.archive.gnewsense.org has an IP
address of 1.0.0.0 - the above solution should work as long as the IP
remains as it currently is, but there's definitely something very odd
about DNS returning 1.0.0.0 like that ....

Peter