On Tue, 2005-11-15 at 15:39 +0000, Vijay Gill wrote: > 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 > ******************************************* ---- perhaps it timed out - your nameservers might be slow to provide the answer... ping www.yahoo.com nslookup www.yahoo.com ping www.yahoo.com service nscd restart ping www.yahoo.com nslookup www.yahoo.com ping www.yahoo.com I've had a bunch of problems with speed of dns with ipv6 and have resorted to doing... echo "alias net-pf-10 off" >> /etc/modprobe.conf and rebooting to turn it off Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
