text_combined: jim cunning uvolgzndcunningodsorg thursday 14 february 2008 120752 carlos e r wrote thursday 20080214 1347 0500 doctor wrote specify dns client dns server able resolve internet names addition internal hosts wont need proxy get answers dns boxes serve resolve names internally hosted machines set dns server cache forwarders set dns forward first external addresses fail dns ask root servers another one could option rotate resolvconf two dns defined man resolvconf havent tried essentially suggested week ago thursday 07 february 2008 125233 jim cunning wrote reason behavior describe resolver actually calling first name server list returns domain nxdomain fqdns know list name servers used reply first nameserver queried man resolvconf algorithm used try name server query times try next name servers repeat trying name servers maximum number retries made unfortunately think means negative response name server causes search terminate dont know set resolvconf parameters would want might consider trying option rotate however seems like clients name server misconfigured apparently returning names local hosts forwarding queries upstream name servers might possible put caching name server laptop forward queries clients server isps see httpwwwbind9netbindfaq example give isnt quite situation might give clue jim tue 05 aug 2008 180207 0800 opensuse separate resolvconf per interface