No outbound connections from My book live (wget not working)

WD Legacy Products My Book Live
1

Error shown is as below

unable to resolve host address `highlevelbits.fr’

Ran 

cd /root;wget -q http://highlevelbits.free.fr/download-MBLIVE/fpinstaller/fpkmgr_install.sh -O /root/fpkmgr_install.sh;sh /root/fpkmgr_install.sh

after few seconds gets back to command prompt

Found a similar thread here and tried the solution suggested

Ran

cd /root;wget http://highlevelbits.fr/download-MBLIVE/fpinstaller/fpkmgr_install.sh -O /root/fpkmgr_install.sh;sh /root/fpkmgr_install.sh

Getting below error

unable to resolve host address `highlevelbits.fr’

Anybody here knows the solution?

2

There is probably something wrong with you MBL IP setup, or typing the wrong command.

I did the following on my MBL…

@MBL:/shares/Public/Temp$ wget http://highlevelbits.free.fr/download-MBLIVE/fpinstaller/fpkmgr_install.sh
–2014-12-09 05:51:32-- http://highlevelbits.free.fr/download-MBLIVE/fpinstaller/fpkmgr_install.sh
Resolving highlevelbits.free.fr… 212.27.63.130
Connecting to highlevelbits.free.fr|212.27.63.130|:80… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK
Length: 1796 (1.8K) [text/x-sh]
Saving to: `fpkmgr_install.sh’

100%[==================================================================================>] 1,796 --.-K/s in 0s

2014-12-09 05:51:33 (41.0 MB/s) - `fpkmgr_install.sh’ saved [1796/1796]

Sergio@MBL:/shares/Public/Temp$

3

It seems so. I tried wget google.com also getting same error.

I got a new modem set up recently I think that is causing the problem.

I checked WD UI for internet and it’s showing connected. Transmission is working fine as well. Access book is not working anymore and I want to reinstall it.

Any idea how to configure the router to allow mybooklive to connect to highlevelbits ?

I am using an  Aztech DSL7000GRV router

4

I really doubt the issue is the router. Since you have other services running fine, check MBL. Unless you are blocking the MBL outbound.

Do pings, nslookup, wget to local files

5

I am able to do a directory listing read file and all of the local files.

Why I doubt it’s the router is because, thist started happening since I changed the router. Also wondering how transmission can transfer files if the outbound connection is blocked.

6

Found the solution from stackexchange. It seems like a DNS server problem. Did the below and it started working.

Add the below line in /etc/nsswitch.conf:

hosts: files dns mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] mdns4

I also had to change the name servers:

Change /etc/resolv.conf so it points to the google nameservers. 

# RED 2013-03-31
nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.4.4