"John" == John Shepherd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
John> I can ping the remote IP number successfully. When I
John> attempt to ping a server by name, it just hangs. I am able
John> to 'telnet' to one rutgers server by ip number only as well.
John> Lynx is unable to browse any webpages by named
John> URL. /etc/resolv.conf has two nameserver entries and I have
John> verified with my ISP (rutgers university) that they are
John> correct. Unfortunately, the person at the help
John,
A couple of things to try, since it sounds like your name service is
what is down. What are the contents of /etc/host.conf? They should
read like:
order hosts,bind
multi on
Are you running bind locally? If you are, don't ;-)
Finally, try using dig to resolve a name (like 'dig www.yahoo.com')
and see where it sends the query. Can you ping that address?
Cheers!
Shyamal
