On Thursday 27 March 2003 05:15 pm, et wrote: > On Thursday 27 March 2003 04:31 pm, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 09:57:58AM +0000, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > On Wednesday 26 Mar 2003 10:28 pm, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > > On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 04:54:58PM -0500, et wrote: > > > > > what does "cat /etc/hosts" say? what does "cat /etc/resolv.conf" > > > > > say is DNS runnig? named? ypserv? > > > > > > > > Thanks. You have given me a few leads. Here's an incomplete reply. > > > > /etc/hosts: > > > > > > > > 10.0.0.10 topoi.pooq.com topoi <-------- > > > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > > > > 172.25.1.1 topoi.pooq.com topoi <-------- > > > > > > This looks strange to me. I would have thought that it was being told > > > to look in two places for topoi, which would certainly confuse it. > > > FWIW I had huge problems with massive delays, and it turned out to be > > > just this sort of problems, so stick with it. > > > > I understand. I'm baffled, though, what IP numbers have to do CDROMs. > > in linux, you are really looking in the entire world to see if a file is > available. you are not looking in for > /home/document/bigone.fish/icons/trout, as the rest of the "root" is > implied as > "localhost.localdomain/home/document/bigone.fish/icons/trout, but, it looks > in the hosts file aftere looking up the name of the computer, since you > don't really have to have "localhost.localdomain localhost", since the > alias of localhost can be defined elsewhere. real problem here is why would > you want the world as an open door? > > bottom line is that a correct host file is needed to get your computer to > look in the correct places, adn to close the outside INternet OUT. remove > the line "172.25.1.1 topoi.pooq.com topoi" > save the file, and restart the network,,, right now OOOPS shut up ed till you read the whole post
that is wrong DON"T DO IT > > > > What IP did you give for your nic? > > > > Two network interface cards: one for the outside world, which has > > pppoe running on it through a DSL modem, and whose IP number is > > supposed to be irrelevant (and which I suspect has been set to > > 10.0.0.10 by some agent in the Mandrake installation code), and > > one for the LAN, which is 172.25.1.1. > > > > The IP number that the pppoe link provides is fixed as 216.138.195.194, > > but of course that's only valid after the link is up. > > > > Right now I don't have a DNS running on Mandrake yet. Do you know of > > any way to give a different IP number for topoi,pooq.com for users on > > the LAN and users fron the rest of the world? Or dous routing somehow > > automatically know LAN packets for 216.138.195.194 hav arrived when the > > arrive at 172.25.1.1 and don't have to visit the other interface? > > > > Anyway, the proper IP number for topoi.pooq.com is 216.138.195.194, > > although local users can use 172.25.1.1 > > > > -- hendrik > > > > > > /etc/resolv.conf > > > > > > > > nameserver 204.101.251.1 > > > > nameserver 209.226.175.223 > > > > > > > > I don't recognise these nameservers. > > > > > > Could they be your isp's dns? > > > > No. They aren't. I wonder where they came from. Mind you, one of them > > may have been my ISP's DNS a long while ago; they have recently suffered > > a merger, and they DNSes they tell me about now are different from > > anything I've got configures anywhere on any OS. So this is definitely > > something to change. > > > > I'll probably have some time tomorrow to try out all this stuff. > > > > -- hendrik > > > > > Anne > > > -- > > > Registered Linux User No.293302 > > > > > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Linux counter number 167806
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