obtained the ip address from bigpond which is 61.9.128.16 & 61.9.128.13. added this as per your advise and it still did not work even after restarting. I had the same problem on another linux box before and i did something with the hostname field and it worked after that. But unfortunately as the older I get (lol) the more i seem to forget. Any other ideas or should i post this at slug?
thanks again Marko > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jamie Wilkinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Bigpond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "slug-ers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 5:46 PM > Subject: Re: [SLUG] web browser - hostname > > > > 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
