[lug] Cannot connect to the Internet with a web browser when trying to use an URL.

[BOF]

Warren Sanders wrote:

> Temporary outage?


Not for three days now <g>

> Did you try pinging 216.229.32.169?  


Yes, it replies.

> Maybe add a secondary NS.  Did others using the same DNS work? 


Yes, this is the same setup as on a 7.3 system in the same network that 
works.


> BOF wrote:
>
>> I am running RH 8.0 (Pyscho) and cannot connect to the Internet with 
>> a web browser when trying to use an URL.
>>
>> When using Netscape, the error message is (for example when trying to 
>> reach Red Hat)
>>
>>    www.redhat.com could not be found
>>
>> When using Konquerer, the message is
>>
>>    hostname lookup failure
>>
>> I can load the Redhat site if I give its IP address (66.187.232.56) 
>> in either browser. I can also ping varous sites using either the URL 
>> or the IP address.
>>
>> My /etc/resolv.conf file is
>>
>>    search pcisys.net
>>    nameserver 216.229.32.169
>>
>> Which is the same file that works with my RH 7.3 system.
>>
>> It seems that there is something not working with the nameserver 
>> lookup but I can not figure it out.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> BOF
>>