Derek Jennings wrote: > On Thursday 28 April 2005 04:29, Christopher Taylor wrote: > >> >>etc/resolv.conf >>search myhome.westell.com > > > Here is your problem. The domain westell.com is owned by > Westell Technologies, Inc of Aurora Illinois who I suspect are not you. > > Every time you enter a URL your computer is going to try to search the > Westell > domain to find the host you are looking for. > > I suspect you gave entered your domain name in Mandrake Control > Centre>Networking>Internet as myhome.westell.com > > You should only use a top level domain address as your domain (com, net, org > etc) if it actually resolves to your IP address. If you do not own a domain > you should use a name such as 'localdomain'. What you must *not* do, is use > someone else's domain name. > > derek > This should only be a problem if the first lookup fails. At least this is what I go by:
"Two other options, domain and search deal with default domains that are tacked onto a hostname if BIND fails to resolve it with the first query. The search option specifies a list of domain names to be tried. The list items are separated by spaces or tabs. If no search option is given, a default search list is constructed from the local domain name by using the domain name itself, plus all parent domains up to the root. The local domain name may be given using the domain statement; if none is given, the resolver obtains it through the getdomainname(2) system call." If you were having the same problem in Windows, I would suspect the DSL modem. But in this case, I suspect a problem with the network setup or NIC driver. Are there any network related error messages in the logs? Especialy messages about the network connection dropping and restarting? You may need to add "MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=yes" to your /etc/sysconfig/netwrok-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file if the logs show the link dropping and comming back up. If there are no errors in the log, then we will have to look elseware. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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