-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Tony Bazeley wrote: > I have three machines using a static ip assignment > 1. running smoothwall as a net gateway (192.168.1.1) > 2. XPpro > 3 debian woody > > debian woody can ping the outside world using numeric addresses but > is unable to resolve names, whereas the XP machine can do both.
What DNS server is XP using? Can you confirm that it's the same as the one in /etc/resolv.conf ? - -- +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | Greg Bolshaw LPIC | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Consultant | JID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Linux Technologies | http://www.linuxtechnologies.co.uk | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | Public Jabber server: jabber.linuxtechnologies.co.uk | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ | This e-mail has been digitally signed using PGP (Pretty Good | | Privacy) to guarantee authenticity. | | | | For more information, see http://www.pgpi.org/doc/overview/. | \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAWH80S94XrT3lHYkRAkVgAJ9xHfmr2jkv5jKZlVBW9NWxzaLW9QCgtJQ8 JwMsE+D0SztFo0blwPRDa4U= =XOjX -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----