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Can't ping external hosts
- Posted August 18, 2014
I created droplet with Ubuntu 14.04. I can’t ping external hosts from my console. Command “ping google.com” returns text “unknown host google.com” Also can’t connect from external computer through ssh. It seems like my droplet is closed fro external connects. Please, advise what to do.
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If you do not have anything on the server, just delete it and start again.
Please open a support ticket if you do have stuff on it. They should be able to sort it for you.
Changing /etc/resolv.conf from:
nameserver 4.2.2.1
to:
nameserver 8.8.8.8 nameserver 8.8.4.4
worked for me.
More at: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/resolv.conf
Same here. Arch droplet. $ ping -c 4 google.com ping: unknown host google.com
I am having this same issue on my Arch droplet (which has been running for months before experiencing this problem). Any resolution on this?
Same here, can’t even nslookup. Just created the droplet a few minutes ago but resolv.conf and ifconfig look fine.