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One of my machines has a working network, but isn't resolving names properly.
the entry in /etc/resolv.conf is correct (set to the ip of my router - same as the rest of the machines in the office), but when I try to "ping yahoo.com" I get nothing.. if I try to "ping 66.218.71.198" (which is yahoo) I get a proper ping.
while trying to resolve the hostname run something like iptraf on that interface and log any paket that is transmitted. maybe this will give you a clue.
I'm having a similar problem in slackware 9.0 using a D-Link router: I can only visit several sites. Whenever I ping some sites like ctan.org it says host not found; yet I can visit them under windoze. My router is configured as DHCP server so there might be something wrong with the renewal of the DNS server. I hope when I resolve this problem I could help you in some way too.
Originally posted by idaho Suggestions:
1) you have a typo in /etc/resolv.conf
2) check /etc/nsswitch.conf, where your "hosts" line should look something like:
hosts: files dns
Ahh ha! I just made this machine an NIS server. In my attempts to get things going, I removed the "dns" entry from the hosts line in the nsswitch file.
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