This is the key that fixed my network/domain name system problem of Status: Broken, when all the status’ were “OK” for the nameservers . My problem is the same, but different direction.
Unbound was not running (“ps ax | grep unbound”). I ran the
unbound -dd
on the ipfire command line. This showed me an error in the local-data at line 31 and unbound exited again.
Jul 08 18:51:13 unbound[10559:0] error: error parsing local-data at 31 ‘Roku Express.xx.yy.com 60 IN A 192.168.1.82’: Syntax error, could not parse the RR’s type
Jul 08 18:51:13 unbound[10559:0] error: Bad local-data RR Roku Express.xx.yy.com 60 IN A 192.168.1.82
Jul 08 18:51:13 unbound[10559:0] fatal error: Could not set up local zones
That looked similar to the “network/Edit Hosts” menu of current hosts. At first I did not see the error. Now I see it all the time. NO Spaces are allowed in URLs. So shortening the “Roku Express” to “RokuExpress” in hosts, retrying “unbound -dd” on the command line worked.
Checking the Status in network/Domain Name System, reveals “Working”.
Your mileage may vary (YMMV). Why? because of flakey configurations that are not checked at menu entry time. The DNS/unbound is still a work in progress, but much much much better than before. Thanks to the developers.