>Having just moved my machine back home I'm trying to get my dialup to my
>ISP going again. My modem works, and I can connect and start ppp just
>fine. The problem is that I have no working DNS. I have a line in the
>file that ISP-Hookup-HOWTO says to (I forget which that is) that says
>"nameserver 208.195.84.2" for my nameserver, but no success. I can ping
>IP's with there address but not by name. Any ideas? Thanks.

Check that you have "nameserver 208.195.84.2" is /etc/resolv.conf and
that 208.195.84.2 is the nameserver for your ISP.  Then check that the
/etc/hosts.conf file has "order hosts, bind" so that the nameserver is
used.

Mikkel

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