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I'm running Ubuntu 18.04 on my laptop. I am trying to ping other computers on my local network using their hostname but it's not working.

$ ping ubuntudesktop
ping: ubuntudesktop: Name or service not known

I have the name servers for the wifi adapter set up as follows: Wifi adapter DNS settings

I am snooping the wifi packets using wireshark and I do not see any DNS query when I run the ping command. Why are these nameservers not being used?

On a side note - when I use nslookup for google.com for example I get the following:

$ nslookup google.com
Server:     127.0.0.53
Address:    127.0.0.53#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:   google.com
Address: 172.217.14.238
Name:   google.com
Address: 2607:f8b0:400a:803::200e

I am assuming Server is the address of the DNS server? Isn't 127.0.0.53 an address for the loopback interface? Would this mean it's essentially querying itself?

iamthebull
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  • Where are you expecting this information to come from? DNS doesn't usually resolve unqualified local network names - mDNS / Bonjour / Avahi may do so for addresses of the form ubuntudesktop.local. Otherwise you will need to use the files mechanism (by adding a suitable entry into your local computer's /etc/hosts file) – steeldriver May 03 '19 at 17:09
  • from the local router – iamthebull May 03 '19 at 17:12

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127.0.0.53 is the address used by systemd-resolved.service

tcp        0      0 127.0.0.53:53           0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      1224/systemd-resolv 
udp        0      0 127.0.0.53:53           0.0.0.0:*                           1224/systemd-resolv

Hostnames of other computers will not be resolved trough the DNS service.

You need to specify them in /etc/hosts statically.

Example:

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 mypc

192.168.1.100 ubuntudesktop

You can edit this file trough sudo

sudo editor /etc/hosts
Comar
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  • I have another computer on my network that does us DNS to resolve hostnames. If I understand it correctly the DNS service will query the router and it will resolve the hostname to the local IP address. – iamthebull May 03 '19 at 16:58
  • So you need to provide your DNS servers at DHCP level or specify them in the systemd-resolved service or though NetworkManager (System settings -> Network). – Comar May 03 '19 at 17:00
  • Do you have the libnss-resolve package installed? That may fix the /etc/nsswitch.conf to actually use dns in some cases. – ubfan1 May 03 '19 at 17:02
  • I have the DNS servers configured in the settings for the wifi adapter (see the screenshot listed on the post). Are these settings being ignored? – iamthebull May 03 '19 at 17:03
  • On the computer that is working (16.04) the /etc/resolv.conf includes a search domain and the one that is not working (18.04) does not. How do I add a search domain in 18.04? It's not available in the network settings of the adapter. – iamthebull May 03 '19 at 17:53
  • @iamthebull does this help? How to set domain search on Ubuntu 18.04 – steeldriver May 03 '19 at 19:03