DNS Problems

[Matt Alexander]

What does /etc/resolv.conf say?



On Wed, 15 May 2002, Frank Mandato wrote:

>    I can not access any website with their FQDN, however I have no
> problem getting anywhere when I use the numeric IP addresses.
>
>   I had to change my server name to its numeric IP address in order to
> send or receive mail.
>
>   I am not running any DNS servers on my machine, sometimes I can use
> domain names, sometimes I can't. I am with qwest ( not much longer ) and
> I have a domain parked at zoneedit.com that I use on this machine as a
> test bed.
>
>   I have no problems pinging IP addresses, but can't ping domain names.
>
>   My distro is RH 7.2 kernel 2.4.9 and I am using a Netgear NIC.
>
>   Anyone have any ideas what I did wrong??
>
>   TIA
>
>   FrankM
>
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