Can you ping the IPs in resolv.conf from the SuSE-8.2 box? If not, then that's your problem.
On Fri, 1 Aug 2003, bof wrote: > I am trying to set up a Suse 8.2 desktop box, (Bob, address > 192.168.1.33) but am having trouble connecting to the Internet. I am > not running a firewall on it. > > I can ping an Internet address by IP address without problem. When I > try to ping by hostname I receive the error message "unknown host." > > I can ping other machines local to my network by both IP address and > hostname without problem. One of the other machines in the network > (Sam, address 192.168.1.2, RH 7.3) has no problems when pinging the > Internet, either by IP address or hostname, and it can ping the Suse > box without problem. > > My Internet access is through a NAT gateway/firewall box with address > 192.168.1.1 (Bill) on the internal net card, and whatever address > assigned to tthe external card by my ISP using DHCP. From the firewall > box, I can ping the Suse box, the RH box, and the Internet using both > IP address and hostname, all without problems, > > The configuration files for the Suse box are set up as follows: > > /etc/hosts > 127.0.0.1 localhost > 192.168.1.1 bill.mynet.net bill > 192.168.1.2 sam.mynet.net sam > 192.168.1.33 bob.mynet.net bob > > # special IPv6 addresses > ::1 localhost ipv6-localhost ipv6-loopback > fe00::0 ipv6-localnet > ff00::0 ipv6-mcastprefix > ff02::1 ipv6-allnodes > ff02::2 ipv6-allrouters > > /etc/host.conf > order hosts, bind > multi on > > /etc/resolv.conf > nameserver 216.229.33.250 > nameserver 216.229.33.251 > search local local > > /etc/nsswitch.conf > passwd: compat > group: compat > hosts: files dns > networks: files dns > services: files > protocols: files > rpc: files > ethers: files > netmasks: files > netgroup: files > publickey: files > bootparams: files > automount: files nis > aliases: files > > > The output of netstat -nr > > Kernel IP routing table > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt face > 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 > 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 > > Can anyone help me figure out what is going on? > > BOF > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
