Internet connection but host not found

Ryan Spaulding yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Wed, 23 Oct 2002 16:03:56 +0000





Do you have your DNS configured ? I had the same problem until I put in my 
ISP's DNS servers IP's into kppp.

-ryan

>From: "McLeod, Peter (Yuetsu)" <mcleodp4@anz.com>
>Reply-To: yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
>To: yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
>Subject: Internet connection but host not found
>Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 11:28:19 +1000
>
>Can anybody help me with this problem?  After having installed yellowdog
>linux I was able to connect to the internet using kppp (device ttys0) and
>access the outside hosts (urls).  A few days later I found that even though
>I was connecting to the internet (it logged on and started ppp, etc) I was
>unable to find any hosts (e.g.  www.google.com).  How does such a thing
>happen?  After this, I completley re-installed my yellowdog linux but had
>the same problem - immediatley this time.  Anybody have any ideas?
>
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