-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 07 January 2004 10:24, Justin Albstmeijer wrote: > Hi, > > Can anyone explain why this happens on a fedora host. > > # host www.xs4all.nl > socket.c:1111: internal_send: 81.17.33.2#53: Invalid argument > socket.c:1111: internal_send: 81.17.34.2#53: Invalid argument > socket.c:1111: internal_send: 81.17.33.2#53: Invalid argument > socket.c:1111: internal_send: 81.17.34.2#53: Invalid argument > ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached > > nslookup and dig give the same result. This is what I get: [agreen@fastcat agreen]$ host www.xs4all.nl www.xs4all.nl has address 194.109.6.92 Also have a look in /etc/nsswitch.conf, at the hosts line, this is something to do with name resolution too. Is ifconfig telling you your network interface is happy? Do you have multiple network interfaces? Is it possible that TCP/IP is somehow not available as a protocol? - -Andy -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/++7XjKeDCxMJCTIRAq4WAJ0aaSQj65AVQZqB4a0Vj2gMsVUgVACfVkKC iffE28VAmCnNexKfnuYsK+0= =IYRe -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----