Thanx alot for the reply Derek.To answer you 1 by 1 here... 1)Yep..127.0.0.1 localhost is there alright... 1 for 1 eh :)
2) DNS is indeed enabled,and the ip of the proxy is there..so good so far :-) 3) The default gateway is also the ip of the proxy. Now something that's bothering me is this,I was under the (false) impression that if I used a host file,I didn't need DNS. anyway..I do have DNS enabled (required for normal operation ?) in linux.conf (under names server spec) I'm still geting this "host name lookup failure" in the place I described below? Anyway's it's 3:30 am sun. morning and I'm still trying..lol Hava great Sun. all :-) Lee > Do you have an entry in your /etc/hosts file that says > 127.0.0.1 localhost > > Do you have your DNS enabled and the host names of your DNS servers in it? > Have you declared a default gateway? The default gartway will be the IP > address of the machine between you and the Internet. > You can use netconf to set up all that stuff. > > Derek > > On Saturday 15 December 2001 12:15, lee wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > Ok..running 8.1 here,using the box as a proxy (squid),at present trying > > to connect another box (also 8.1). I can ping the proxy (& vice versa) > > but can't surf thru it (dns?). > > > > X does not start auto. So I enter my login info & enter the command to > > start x. All well up TO this point. Now however, after entering the > > command, I see a message "host name lookup failure". Then x starts as > > planned. > > > > Now as I look thru my stuff..I see the hostname in all the places it's > > supposed to be ( I think..lol ). Just not sure how to fix this issue..and > > whether it's contributing to my inability to get this box to proxy. There > > may very well be issues with squid that is causing this..but if I could > > get this message to go away..I'd sure feel better :-) > > > > fwiw..getting (unknown host) when i try to surf. Also I just noticed that > > when I do a "whereis" for lisa --kde2,it finds it,,but nmblookup is a > > command that cannot be found. Furthermore when in drakconf,and Itry to > > start "named"..aka bind..I get a failed message (x-tra command line > > arguments). not sure if it has anything to do with what I'm trying to > > do,as I'm thinking this may be a web thing,but if I can ping but not > > surf,that would be a dns issue..correct ? > > > > Thank you all very much for your time. I'm sorry for the long post,just > > trying to be complete :-) > > > > Lee
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