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DNS problems with Snow Leopard 10.6

By Jack Zimmermann · 7 Comments · (Updated: February 24, 2012)

I’ve had some bizarre problems with my DNS today. I checked /etc/resolv.conf but everything looked ok. Checked the settings dialog for my network and at first glance, that one seemed ok as well.

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But normally there should be a dimmed version of the DHCP assigned values there.

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Just select the empty one and press the minus sign. Sneaky little bug there!

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Save your settings and you should be good to go.

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  • http://www.xpmatrix.net xpmatrix

    thanks, it is a strange bug!!

  • Paul Charles Leddy

    Ugly!

    Thx, I’ll look out for this when I upgrade.

  • http://blog.tcconsulting.com tim crawford

    Has this fix stuck? I am having bizarre DNS issues with a client’s system that was just upgraded to 10.6. I will try this fix on Monday.

    Thanks for posting.

  • Brad

    Yeah I am having this problem strictly with corporate network web servers and the Access server. No problem getting to public sites. Or getting to corporate sites when I VPN back into the network. I am on 10.6.1… I would of thought they would of fixed this between 10.6 and 10.6.1

  • http://blog.tcconsulting.com tim crawford

    from other reading I have found that Apple now uses the mDNS responder to resolve DNS as well. This is just a big giant mistake. I believe the the problem is coming out because of a Windows .local domain being propagated. mDNS doesn’t like this.

  • ralph

    What is the relation between DNS and internal mail that doesnt send it to the recipient that i’m sending it. I received ERRORS for the local mail on the internal mail of the company , Am I missing something!!! i would appreciate any help, thanx in advanced

  • ralph

    What is the relation between DNS and internal mail that doesnt send it to the recipient that i?m sending it. I received ERRORS for the local mail on the internal mail of the company , Am I missing something!!! i would appreciate any help, thanx in advanced Mac OS Server snow leopard 10.6 I have Mac and inXP Pcs on the network that use internal mail

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