Re: LUG: problem connecting - Thu, 16 Dec 2004 16:19:37 -0500

Subject : Re: LUG: problem connecting

From : Lucas Wagner <lkwagner@unity.ncsu.[redacted]>

Date : Thu, 16 Dec 2004 16:19:37 -0500

Hi Andrew,

I'd guess that your DNS(name server) lookup isn't working for some
reason. If it suddenly stopped working without any help, then it may be
that the server you were using went down. To check this, type 'cat
/etc/resolv.conf' into your command line. It should have at least one
line like 'nameserver x.x.x.x', where x.x.x.x is an IP address. You can
see if the server is available by typing 'ping x.x.x.x'. If you don't
get your pings back, then the server is down, and you can wait, or look
around on your ISP's page for another name server. Hope this helps, Lucas

Andrew Graydon Hatch wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have Redhat 8 installed and I am suddenly unable to get to websites
> by typing in the site name. However I can type the ip address and it
> works fine. I am using the browser Mozilla 1.7.3. Does anyone have any
> idea what the problem could be? I don't know a whole lot about linux,
> but if someone could point me in right direction it might help a lot.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andrew