ok I did the following [root@JimsNotebook ~]# service named start
Starting named: [ OK ]
[root@JimsNotebook ~]# service NetworkManager start
Setting network parameters: [ OK ]
Starting NetworkManager daemon: [ OK ]
[root@JimsNotebook ~]# ping -c4 64.233.161.104
connect: Network is unreachable
[root@JimsNotebook ~]# service named start
[root@JimsNotebook ~]# chkconfig named on
[root@JimsNotebook ~]# ping -c4 64.233.161.104
PING 64.233.161.104 (64.233.161.104) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 64.233.161.104: icmp_seq=0 ttl=242 time=32.1 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.161.104: icmp_seq=1 ttl=242 time=31.8 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.161.104: icmp_seq=2 ttl=242 time=31.0 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.161.104: icmp_seq=3 ttl=242 time=32.5 ms
--- 64.233.161.104 ping statistics --- 4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3002ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 31.051/31.910/32.526/0.586 ms, pipe 2 [root@JimsNotebook ~]# ping -c4 www.google.com PING www.google.akadns.net (64.233.161.104) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 64.233.161.104: icmp_seq=0 ttl=242 time=31.5 ms 64 bytes from 64.233.161.104: icmp_seq=1 ttl=242 time=122 ms 64 bytes from 64.233.161.104: icmp_seq=2 ttl=242 time=30.6 ms 64 bytes from 64.233.161.104: icmp_seq=3 ttl=242 time=32.2 ms
--- www.google.akadns.net ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 4485ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 30.695/54.166/122.090/39.220 ms, pipe
/etc/resolv.conf now
; generated by NetworkManager, do not edit! ; Use a local caching nameserver controlled by NetworkManager search rochester.rr.com
nameserver 127.0.0.1
So it looks like the caching nameserver is not working properly. What's in /etc/named.conf?
Do you have the bind-chroot package installed? If so, what's in /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf?
Paul.
