Dan Brown wrote:
>
> 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...
It's pretty easy to setup. Just install the bind and caching-nameserver
packages. Edit /etc/resolv.conf to read "nameserver 127.0.0.1" and
start named with "/etc/rc.d/init.d/named start" and you're your own DNS
server! No maintenance, no fuss!
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Steve Philp
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