Ok, I'm sure we can work through this...
Your /etc/nsswitch.conf file probably needs to have something like this
(this is from the hamm distribution but I believe that bo is similar):
# /etc/nsswitch.conf
#
# Example configuration of GNU Name Service Switch functionality.
# Information about this file is available in the `libc6-doc' package.
passwd: db files
group: db files
shadow: db files
hosts: files dns
networks: files
protocols: db files
services: db files
ethers: db files
rpc: db files
netgroup: db files
/etc/host.conf:
order hosts,bind
multi on
Your ifconfig should look something like this:
bash-2.01$ /sbin/ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3584 Metric:1
RX packets:196 error:0 dropped:0 over:0 frame:0
TX packets:196 error:0 dropped:0 over:0 carrier:0 coll:0
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:24:06:CA:E5
inet addr:199.79.129.22 Bcast:199.79.129.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 error:0 dropped:0 over:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 error:0 dropped:0 over:0 carrier:0 coll:0
Interrupt:10 Base address:0x300
ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:12.69.65.163 P-t-P:12.69.65.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:15819 error:1 dropped:1 over:0 frame:0
TX packets:12228 error:0 dropped:0 over:0 carrier:0 coll:0
Of course, if you don't have an ethernet card the middle section will
not exist. Also, for most situations, the "inet addr:" numbers will be
different for each online session.
Your routing table should look something like this (and the default is
the important one here--the last entry):
bash-2.01$ /sbin/route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
12.69.65.1 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0
199.79.129.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 6 lo
0.0.0.0 12.69.65.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 57 ppp0
Naturally, you are not likely to be connected to the site "12.69.65.1"
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-bill
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