SOLVED, I think.
After all the reading you guys gave me I sat pondering this
morning, and it dawned on me that if I looked at 'interfaces'
and found that darn 8.8.8.8 ip in there, that I might have the
clue I needed.
Sure enough, there it was, for eth0. I commented it out and
added a line for the nameserver I wanted, and bingo, we have
lift off.
I know, I know; I posted the contents of 'interfaces' in reply
to Andrei's request last night, but at that point in the
proceedings I did not see its significance.
Thank you
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These are not the droids you are looking for.
