I have a private DNS server on my home network. I'm trying to configure Ubuntu MATE 18.04 to use this local DNS server, but it doesn't seem to work. If I go to Control Center->Network Connections and edit my ethernet connection, I can enter my local DNS server and search domain. However, I still cannot ping any of my local boxes. The DNS server definitely works; on my Mac and Windows machines I can simply add my local DNS server in Network settings and it just works. However, I can't get it to work on MATE. Any suggestions on where to begin troubleshooting this?
Hi @itsokimbatman,
Based on testing a VM I'll take a guess you need to set the "Method" to "Automatic (DHCP) addresses only" to add your DNS server exclusively. Otherwise, it adds the server into the mix so it may not be used.
I find selecting the connection in the network applet is needed to see changes. My default is "Wired connection 1".
You can check server(s) at the bottom of this output in a terminal:
systemd-resolve --status
Normally, my network router DHCP supplies DNS servers for my network. This is the common solution to this problem.
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