-------Original Message------- > if you can't ping debian.org, it's a dns problem. try to do a whois--that should fail as well. if your conf files are all in order, then your dnsutils
must be screwed somehow. try dpkg --configure dnsutils, and post the error returns you're getting for any failed attempts at whatever you try. make it easier for people to be helpful. -- Sure. dpkg --configure dnsutils gives me: dpkg: error processing dnsutils (--configure): package dnsutils is already installed and configured Errors were encountered while processing: dnsutils Would you please give me an example how to use whois? I just tried to ping my nameserver's address. Didn't work. I can only ping the dynamic address range my provider gives me upon connect. I connect with wvdial. Does this matter?
