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    Usually it's a DNS server that allows you to use hostnames in commands (i.e. resolve a hostname to an IP address). I had a modem+router that also hosted the DNS, but when I replaced it with a Netgear modem+router that did not have DNS, I had the same problem as you.
    – sawdust
    Commented Nov 13, 2017 at 7:55
  • And were you able to solve that situation?
    – Arnold
    Commented Nov 13, 2017 at 10:33
  • Eventually I put back the old modem+router. You could try hosting the DNS server on your Linux box.
    – sawdust
    Commented Nov 14, 2017 at 20:52