Hi, The following problem is occuring on my machine. ping does not work, but nslookup does. I get IP (and DNS server IPs for resolve.conf) from my ISP's DHCP server. Any solutions please? Regards from Vijay G. [root@dxr ~]# ping www.yahoo.com ping: unknown host www.yahoo.com ******************************************* [root@dxr ~]# nslookup www.yahoo.com Server: 194.168.8.100 Address: 194.168.8.100#53 ******************************************* Non-authoritative answer: www.yahoo.com canonical name = www.yahoo.akadns.net. Name: www.yahoo.akadns.net Address: 66.94.230.38 Name: www.yahoo.akadns.net Address: 66.94.230.52 Name: www.yahoo.akadns.net Address: 66.94.230.33 Name: www.yahoo.akadns.net Address: 66.94.230.47 Name: www.yahoo.akadns.net Address: 66.94.230.46 Name: www.yahoo.akadns.net Address: 66.94.230.35 Name: www.yahoo.akadns.net Address: 66.94.230.40 Name: www.yahoo.akadns.net Address: 66.94.230.41 ******************************************* [root@dxr ~]# cat /etc/host.conf order hosts,bind ******************************************* [root@dxr ~]# cat /etc/resolv.conf ; generated by /sbin/dhclient-script nameserver 194.168.8.100 nameserver 194.168.4.100 *******************************************