A good way to test a nameserver is dig @name-server name such as in dig @your-ISP-nameserver www.redhat.com This bypasses any local caching that might exist. HTH Andre On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 15:20:51 -0500 "Earl Moore" <lists@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > You may want to check your dns server settings in /etc/resolv.conf you > should have something like: > > nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx > > If there is an entry there, try to ping it (your isp's dns server > could be down). > > I've installed the caching nameserver and set the resolv.conf > "nameserver" variable setting to my computer's ip. If you need more > details let me know. > > -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Alberto Molteni > Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 3:06 PM > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: My kingdom for a working DNS > > > Hi! > > I've finally managed to get my speedtouch adsl modem > working. As it turned out, the speedtch module was > causing modem_run to hang. Unloading it resulted in a > bright green flash on the ADSL led (Thanks Fulvio!) > > So, sing loud sing proud, I was already half way to > the moon when... catastrophe arrived disguised as a > malfunctioning DNS system. > > What happens is this: all internet-based applications > work perfectly so long as I use IP addresses, but when > I dare to use a domain name, or just even click on an > absolute href link, the whole system falls to pieces. > Every single program reports Host unavailable/not > found. For example: launching Mozilla and typing > 66.187.232.50 in the location bar will bring up RedHat > Home Page, but www.redhat.com will result in a quite > inelegant error message. I even tried this: "ping > 66.132.146.48" (WinMX site) works, but "ping > www.winmx.com" doesn't. > > Any suggestions? > Alberto Molteni > alberto_molteni@xxxxxxxxx > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! > http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- Andre Oliveira da Costa
