[lug] network settings

[D. Stimits]

KRITZBERG DAVID OWEN wrote:
> 
> I think I may be making a simple mistake configuring my Mandrake 7.1
> install for the ethernet. Linux recognizes the nic card correctly
> and I can ping the other computers that are connected to the same
> hub, but I cannot for example ping colorado.edu, and my machine is on
> the university of colorado network. I have no idea whether there
> could be a thousand reasons for this problem or just one staring me
> in the face. Any suggestions? Any suggestions on what information I
> have left out in order to understand the problem?
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> David Owen Kritzberg (david.kritzberg-at-colorado.edu)
> Department of Economics, University of Colorado at Boulder
> Campus Box 256, Boulder CO 80309-0256
> Tel: 303-492-7709 Fax: 303-492-8960
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Maybe it doesn't know where the DNS server is for name lookups. Your DNS
server needs to be listed in /etc/resolv.conf. Probably some line like
"search colorado.edu", followed by 1 or 2 lines like:
nameserver 128.138.238.18

(that is just colorado.edu, it isn't the name server, just a sample).

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com