[ale] can ping out by #.#.#.# but not by www.name.xxx, under DEBIAN ?

[Jim Popovitch]

On Sun, 2006-10-15 at 12:45 -0400, Courtney Thomas wrote:
> I'm tryin' to switch to DHCP and using linuxconf, am failing to resolve
> names, though
> I have input the proper nameservers into /etc/resolv.conf.
> 
> I  can ping out to 130.57.5.25 for example but not to www.novell.com
> 
> I'm flyin' under DSL hence the DHCP on the local LAN.
> 
> What's the cure, please ?

Can you ping the DNS servers listed in /etc/resolv.conf?

-Jim P.