[OLUG] failures

[Nathan Brown]

Ok i pinged the olug site with both name and number.
the name returned nothing
the number returned only the first line "Ping olug.bstc.net (2007.239.221.11) :
56 data bytes"
I have the numbers in the etc/resolv.conf file it reads
-----------------------------------------
search
nameserver 205.138.126.6
nameserver 207.232.72.1
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redcpu told me to make sure i have bind installed .. i have never heard of this
one and also to look in /etc/networks to make sure dns is in that ..... i cannot
fing the /etc/networks file.
also told me to look in nsswitch.conf to make sure dns is on the files part of
that too but i did not understand the method of searching that file i used more
and got instructions but didn't get anywhere .
thanks again,
nate
"Chad S. Lauritsen" wrote:

> FWIW, if you have more than one nameserver, you should have two 'nameserver'
> lines in /etc/resolv.conf, e.g.
>
> nameserver 192.168.1.1
> nameserver 192.168.1.2
>
> Also, you can simplify your life quite a bit by running the netcfg program
> (redhat only, I think :-( )
> You can specify most everything you need from this control panel
> program...including nameservers.
>
> Sorry for the confusion, the numbers given you by Radiks are in fact what I
> meant when I said 'DNS IP number' or whatever. Just a difference in wording
> choice ;-)
>
> If you're testing different things out, you can use ping to see if stuff
> works. (A little quicker than netscape)
> e.g.
>
> ping olug.bstc.net
>
> Then it should output stuff like:
>
> PING olug.bstc.net (207.239.221.11): 56 data bytes
> 64 bytes from 207.239.221.11: icmp_seq=0 ttl=243 time=241.9 ms
> 64 bytes from 207.239.221.11: icmp_seq=1 ttl=243 time=185.9 ms
>
> If you see this, you know that your machine could successfully resolve
> olug.bstc.net. control-C to kill this (it will go on forever)
>
> --- olug.bstc.net ping statistics ---
> 3 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 33% packet loss
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^
> round-trip min/avg/max = 185.9/213.9/241.9 ms
>
> Oops. Looks like our net connectino sucks today. :-(
>
> Drazak wrote:
>
> > You did put the IP addresses of the DNS servers the tech gave you into
> > /etc/resolv.conf, right?  I didnt see you mention that you did.
> >
> > _Drew
> >
> > On Tue, 4 Jan 2000, Nathan Brown wrote:
> >
> > > Chad wrote to me in reply to a question about my internet connection .
> > >
> > > your suggestion that I connect to the olug.bstc.net site was helpful ..
> > > I found that i could connect using the numbers.  However I could not
> > > connect using the name.
> > >
> > > So in persuit of your instruction I called Radiks and asked them for the
> > > ip number to thier dns server.  They gave me the dns numbers both
> > > primary and secondary.  the secondary one was different than the one I
> > > have been using but they did not help at all.  Linux connection still
> > > works with the numbers and not witht he name.  So, What is the problem?
> > > It seems to me the way you worded you mail to me that I am looking for
> > > some number other than the dns numbers, I told the tech at radiks what
> > > you said (ip number for the dns server) and he gave the dns to me so
> > > either they will not let the right number out or they do not know what
> > > it is i'm looking for?
> > >
> > > there are other problems too ...
> > > netscape seems to lock up and when it does it tells me there is a lock
> > > file in .netscape directory and that i should remove it and so i do but
> > > it still loads only half way and then tells me that there is no reply
> > > from the save yourself command and asks if i want to remove the program
> > > .. what is this?
> > >
> > > thanks a lot
> > > nate
> > >
> > >
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