[lug] name resolution on rh 7.1

Hugh Brown hugh at vecna.com
Tue May 22 08:18:12 MDT 2001


Nevermind.  I set the high level on ipchains when I installed.
Unfortunately, when you use dialup, the nameserver doesn't get punched
through, like redhat claims it will.

Irritated, but functional.  Maybe it will be useful to someone else.

Hugh

"Hugh Brown"
> 
> I am on a dialup connection with peakpeak.  I can't get any name
> resolution.
> 
> /etc/resolv.conf
> nameserver 209.183.251.162
> nameserver 209.190.204.197
> nameserver 128.187.89.6
> 
> 
> all three of which are pingable and accessible via ip.
> 
> /etc/host.conf
> order hosts,bind
> multi on
> 
> 
> I don't know where else I am supposed to tweak things to get this to work.
> 
> This is the error I get from using host:
> 
> ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
> 
> I get the same error from nslookup and dig.
> 
> I'm not sure where else to look.  Help.
> 
> Hugh
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