On Wed, 2007-12-19 at 20:51 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote: > That sounds like nothing provides an answer for the current > >> addresses (DNS nor the hosts file). > >> > > Primary and secondary DNS are set in Network Configuration and > whois > > says they belong to my ISP. > > Will they reverse-resolve the IP address of your interface(s)? What > does "nslookup your_IP_address" return? > Server: 203.8.183.1 Address: 203.8.183.1#53 Non-authoritative answer: 96.171.101.59.in-addr.arpa name = C-59-101-171-96.mel.connect.net.au. Authoritative answers can be found from: 171.101.59.in-addr.arpa nameserver = warrane.connect.com.au. 171.101.59.in-addr.arpa nameserver = yarrina.connect.com.au. yarrina.connect.com.au internet address = 192.189.54.17 warrane.connect.com.au internet address = 192.189.54.33 I'm not at all sure what this output means. The laptop in question is connected to the internet over LAN to another box which has the dialup serial modem. This is the current local IP address from /var/log/messages. -- Regards Simon
