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

[Courtney Thomas]

Jim,
I should have added that I don't find "dhcpd" anywhere on the HD.
Don't I have to have dhcpd running for all this to work ?
There is a dhcp.so.* type file resident, however.

Courtney
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Popovitch" <jimpop at yahoo.com>
To: ale at ale.org
To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: [ale] can ping out by #.#.#.# but not by www.name.xxx,under
DEBIAN ?


> 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.
>
>
>
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