My ISP does not give the DNS.
In Win98's TCP/IP setting, for example, IP address and nameserver addresses
are set to "Server Assigned" in order to connect to my ISP. Ping'ing the
204.71.200.75 address produced results, but ping'ing
http://www.netscape.com produced the message Unknown host www.netscape.com
SO what am I suppose to do now?
----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 12:44 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Netscape's preference
> Obrag Aterg wrote:
>
> > I have tried, and ping returns a message saying it can't find the host
(eg.
> > www.netscape.com).
> > The thing is, my ISP don't have a given DNS: what now?
>
> That's most likely the problem. Try pinging 204.71.200.75 (yahoo.com)
> to see if that goes through. Your ISP must have DNS servers; are you
> saying they won't tell you what their addresses are? You _could_ set up
> your Linux box as a primary DNS server, but that sounds a little
> extreme...
