Re: resolv.conf problems

["Truman Boyes" <truman@research.suspicious.org>]

> My resolv.conf is:
> Uni# cat /etc/resolv.conf
>
> search bignetnorth.net
> lookup file bind
> nameserver 208.xxx.193.21
> nameserver 208.xxx.167.195
> Still no luck. I'm wondering if it might be my hosts file.
>
> Uni# cat /etc/hosts
>
> 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain
> 172.16.1.4 uni uni.localdomain
>
> See anything wrong with that?
> Thanks for all the help and ideas,
> Ben
> ocean@northlink.net

Has the DNS resolution *ever worked*? Did it just stop working? Maybe one
of the nameservers that you are specifying is not resolving. This could be
because it is down, filtering requests from you, or maybe there is a
network related issue before that box. If the requests *eventually* reach
you, then it is safe to say that you *can* resolve internet addresses. In
this case, I would say delete the first nameserver, and try the second.


--truman