[ale] dig works, ping doesn't ( was [ale] DNS lookups slooowwww.....)

[Matt Shade]

One hint here, that Keith alluded to, 
is the fact that nslookup works, butping doesn't. Common problem for an 
improperly configured /etc/resolv.conf.Make sure that's setup 
correctly.matt shade<FONT 
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Keith,>> Thanks for the reply.>> The short and sweet 
of it is this.  There are> basically four machines in this 
scenario.>> - fireman (my machine)> - 
internalnameserver> - externalnameserver1 (38.2.3.4)> - 
externalnameserver2 (38.2.3.5)>> fireman is a test box we were 
setting up as a firewall> and possibly a proxy (if it ever moved 
into> production, it would only serve one of these> 
functions).>> As it is now, fireman has two NICS.  One is 
connected> to an external T1 line (to the internet).  The 
other> is plugged into our internal network.  I've been> 
trying to get the machine configured so that it can> resolve hosts on 
both the internal and external> networks.>> The fireman 
entry in /etc/resolv.conf came to be by> trial and error.  If I 
inserted it into> /etc/resolv.conf, dig and nslookups would work 
for> both internal and external hosts.  If I remove it,> then 
neither works (internal or external).  I guess> this would point to 
a problem with named's> configuration...>> As you might 
have guessed, this is my first grapple> with named.  Methinks I'll 
dive into the rather long> chapter in USAH before proceeding... 
;-)>> Thanks to all...>> 
John>
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