This one time, at band camp, Bigpond wrote: >Problem >Name resolution is not occurring. Tried to surf to a web site such as >www.slug.org.au and can not, Netscape advised address can not be found. But >if I obtain the ip address of the web site off another pc 138.25.7.4 then I >can surf to it. > >Suspect that my host name is incorrect. >my /etc/hosts file reads
I think you want /etc/resolv.conf, not /etc/hosts. Make sure there's a line such as: nameserver #.#.#.# replacing the # with the nameserver given to you by your ISP. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://spacepants.org/jaq.gpg English audio: "Christ it's cold, I'm freezing my fricken arse off." English subtitles: "Brr, it's cold." -- The Castle of Cagliostro DVD -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
