"Monique Y. Herman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > On 2004-01-15, enantiomer penned: > > > > ----------------------resolv.conf ------------------------------------ > > search eggnog > > nameserver 204.127.198.4 > > -----------------------end > > resolv.conf--------------------------------- > > > > As I understand it, search represents the local domain.. i couldn't > > remember if that was what I named my local domain or not... is there a > > way to check this? Also, the nameserver is the same one that I use > > for my other linux machine, which works just fine. BTW, the machine > > that isn't working well is a laptop with a pcmcia network card, if > > that is relevant? I'm totally in the dark when it comes to linux > > networking configurations. Anyone see anything wrong of have any > > advise? Thanks a million, > > Jon > > > > What is eggnog? A machine name? I believe that eggnog is the nonsense name that I gave as the name of my domain, although I am not absolutely certain (is there anyway to see what I have listed as my domain?). the network configuration tool put it in automatically i think. I tried taking it out and it didn't do anything, so I don't think that it is the issue... I am using mozilla 1.0 currently, could that be part of the problem? I really don't know what could be causing these delays. Well, thanks. Enantiomer btw, thanks for the info on how search works.
> > I believe that search is used so that you can shorthand hostnames ... > so, for example, if you have > > search bounceswoosh.org > > then if you try to, say, > > ssh rabbit > > it would try rabbit.bounceswoosh.org > > If you have multiple domains listed, it will go through all of them, > looking for a match. > > A search statement is not necessary for your network to work, although > it's possible it's what you want. > > -- > monique -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
