* Marc Adler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-09-11 15:44]: > > > > OK, so networking is OK. Your IP address is in private space, so I > > assume you have some sort of router/firewall/gateway to the internet. > > Is that correct? Try this: > > > > ping www.yahoo.com > > No good. > > > > > then > > > > ping 66.218.70.49 > > Bingo! > > > > > Does either work? If the first fails but the latter works, then > > we need to suspect that your name services are failing. If both > > fail, then it is more likely that you have a routing problem. > > > > For name services: > > > > What is /etc/resolv.conf? /etc/host.conf? /etc/nssswitch.conf? Can > > you ping your nameservers? > > Can't ping my nameservers... I'm pretty sure the contents of > /etc/resolv.conf have become obsolete, or something. A couple of weeks ago > the first of the three nameservers provided by hawaii.rr.com went down, > causing minute-long delays before bringing up webpages. Now I guess the > other two have gone down, too. Why is it that my Linux box isn't fetching > the new correct nameserver addresses, while my W2K box is? > > > > > For routing, what is the output of netstat -nr? Can you ping the > > defaultrouter? What happens when you do /usr/sbin/traceroute > > 66.218.70.49? (assuming you have traceroute installed). > > > > - rick
Ok. Now I've gone and done something naughty, which is to set up my own nameserver, so that I can at least post to this list from the computer in question without having to crane my neck and manually type out the content of configuration files, etc. I promise to shut down the local nameserver as soon as the problem is fixed. I remember the emotions named elicited last time. So, thanks to everyone's pointers, I think I am correct in assuming that my ISP's nameservers have changed. Is there any way to find out what the new ones are? Thanks. -- Marc Adler -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
