Re: LUG: problem connecting - Thu, 16 Dec 2004 17:27:22 -0500

Subject : Re: LUG: problem connecting

From : Ed Anderson <nilbus@gmail.[redacted]>

Date : Thu, 16 Dec 2004 17:27:22 -0500

If your router automatically assigns your IP, it also sends its DNS
servers at that time. Maybe while the network was out and the router
didn't have an IP, it sent its own IP as your DNS server, since it
didn't know what to tell you.
Glad it's working =)

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 17:21:03 -0500 (EST), Andrew Graydon Hatch
<aghatch@unity.ncsu.[redacted]> wrote:
> Lucas, Ed, Jim,
>
> Thanks. My resolv.conf file had
>
> search nc.rr.com
> nameserver 192.168.0.1
>
> I removed that nameserver and added the ones you suggested and everything
> works fine now. I'm not sure why it was working before the way it was (or
> if got changed somehow). Perhaps I should have mentioned that I'm using a
> router. Actually I do remember the power went off a few days ago so I had
> to power off and power on the modem and router but I don't know what that
> would have to do with anything.
>
> Anyway, thanks again.
>
> Andrew
>
> On Thu, 16 Dec 2004, Jim Price WW4M wrote:
>
> > FYI the NCSU DNS servers are
> >
> > 152.1.1.206
> > 152.1.1.248
> >
> > Cheers, Jim
> >
> > Quoting Ed Anderson <nilbus@gmail.[redacted]>:
> >
> >> Your DNS server is not resolving names. Your dns nameservers are
> >> specified in /etc/resolv.conf. Look in that file and see if they are
> >> what they should be, according to your ISP. It will look something
> >> like this:
> >>
> >> search nc.rr.com
> >> nameserver 4.2.2.1
> >> nameserver 4.2.2.2
> >>
> >> If you don't know your ISP's DNS servers are, you can use the ones I
> >> listed above temporarily; though they have been known not to work
> >> well.
> >>
> >> Ed Anderson
> >> Providence Software
> >>
> >> On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 16:08:00 -0500 (EST), Andrew Graydon Hatch
> >> <aghatch@unity.ncsu.[redacted]> 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
> >>>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>

--
Ed Anderson
Providence Software Solutions, Inc.