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</style></head><body><div>If it happens again maybe try running resolvectl monitor on one console and then query on a second one. </div><div>You could also try each DNS server individually: </div><div>dig @192.168.0.1 google.com<br><div><span style="font-family: serif;">dig @10.10.0.1 google.com</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>On Wed, 2026-02-11 at 10:26 -0500, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left:2px #729fcf solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Thanks for the responses, I really appreciate it. </div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Note: The problem was solved, see the last paragraph of this email.</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Frustratingly though: I don't know why things weren't working.</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Output from resolvectl, minus the unused interfaces ...</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family:monospace"><span style="font-weight:bold;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Global</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
</span><br><span style="color:rgb(84,84,255);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> Protocols:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> -LLMNR -mDNS -DNSOverTLS DNSSEC=no/unsupported</span><br><span style="color:rgb(84,84,255);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> resolv.conf mode:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> stub</span><br><br><span style="font-weight:bold;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Link 3 (enp3s0)</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
</span><br><span style="color:rgb(84,84,255);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> Current Scopes:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> DNS</span><br><span style="color:rgb(84,84,255);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> Protocols:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> +DefaultRoute -LLMNR -mDNS -DNSOverTLS DNSSEC=no/unsupported</span><br><span style="color:rgb(84,84,255);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Current DNS Server:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> 192.168.0.1</span><br><span style="color:rgb(84,84,255);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> DNS Servers:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> 192.168.0.1</span><br><span style="color:rgb(84,84,255);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> DNS Domain:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> lan</span><br><br><span style="font-weight:bold;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Link 11 (wg0)</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
</span><br><span style="color:rgb(84,84,255);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> Current Scopes:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> DNS</span><br><span style="color:rgb(84,84,255);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> Protocols:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> +DefaultRoute -LLMNR -mDNS -DNSOverTLS DNSSEC=no/unsupported</span><br><span style="color:rgb(84,84,255);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Current DNS Server:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> 10.10.0.1</span><br><span style="color:rgb(84,84,255);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> DNS Servers:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> 10.10.0.1</span><br><span style="color:rgb(84,84,255);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> DNS Domain:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> ~.</span><br></span></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">The /etc/resolv.conf links to the right place ...</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family:monospace"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">ls -l /etc/resolv.conf</span><br>lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 Aug 27 2024 <span style="font-weight:bold;color:rgb(84,255,255);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">/etc/resolv.conf</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> -> ../run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf</span><br></span><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">And its contents (minus comments at the top)</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family:monospace"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">nameserver 127.0.0.53</span><br>options edns0 trust-ad<br>search lan<br></span></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Resolvectl times out:</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family:monospace"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">$ resolvectl query <a href="http://google.com" target="_blank">google.com</a>
</span><br><span style="font-weight:bold;color:rgb(255,84,84);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="http://google.com" target="_blank">google.com</a>: resolve call failed: Query timed out</span><br></span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">DNS servers are the router (192.168.0.1), and for the Wireguard VPN connection, it is the VPN gateway itself.</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family:monospace"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">$ resolvectl | grep 'DNS Serv'</span><br>Current <span style="font-weight:bold;color:rgb(255,84,84);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">DNS Serv</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">er: 192.168.0.1</span><br> <span style="font-weight:bold;color:rgb(255,84,84);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">DNS Serv</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">ers: 192.168.0.1</span><br>Current <span style="font-weight:bold;color:rgb(255,84,84);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">DNS Serv</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">er: 10.10.0.1</span><br> <span style="font-weight:bold;color:rgb(255,84,84);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">DNS Serv</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">ers: 10.10.0.1</span><br></span><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Interestingly, from the botched machine, the Wireguard VPN gateway can be pinged (using its IP address), and I can access HTTP on it too.</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Finally, when I restarted the VPN:</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family:monospace"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">sudo systemctl restart </span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:rgb(255,84,84);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">wg-</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">quick@wg0</span><br></span><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Things started working normally again ...</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Sadly, I don't know why all that happened, nor how to solve it the next time.</div><br></div></div></div><div>_______________________________________________<br></div><div>kwlug-disc mailing list<br></div><div>To unsubscribe, send an email to <a href="mailto:kwlug-disc-leave@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc-leave@kwlug.org</a><br></div><div>with the subject "unsubscribe", or email<br></div><div><a href="mailto:kwlug-disc-owner@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc-owner@kwlug.org</a> to contact a human being.<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><span></span></div></body></html>