On Wed, 6 May 1998, Michael wrote:
> I posted a message about a problem I have with my internet connection.
> Someone suggested that I should look in /etc/resolv.conf and check if it
> was pointing at the correct name-server, so I did and it contains tree
> lines:
> Domain ( it says: search <my domain> )
> Primary DNS
> secondary DNS
> And the settings are correct. I still have the same problem with my internet
> connection.
>
> This is how it is:
>
> When I boot my comp. and start communicator (or any other browser) I can
> surfe the net, but only for about 2 min. then I get this error:
>
> Warning: the following hosts are unknown:
> xxxxxxxx.xx.dk
> home.netscape.com
> home6.netscape.com
> internic.net
> This means that some or all hosts will be unreachable.
> Perhaps there is a problem with your name server?
> if your site must use a non-root name server you will
> need to set the $SOCKS_NL environment variable to
> point at the appropriate name server. it may (or
> may not) be necessary to set this variable, or the
> SOCK host preferences, to the IP address of the host
> in question rather than its name
> Consult you system administrator
>
> Well, I don't understand much of this. What exactly is it I have to do ?
> If I reboot my comp. then I can surfe the net again ( for about 2 min. )
>
> I have had this problem before, but then I just reinstalled and chosed to
> install only selected packages and then there was no problem. It seems
> that whenever I install everything I get this error. (maby a conflicting
> program ?) I have no problem sending and receiving E-Mail and I can
> read and post to news-groups without problems !
> I really don't want to reinstall again, but would prefere to fix this.
>
> I am connected via a LAN and I have looked up all settings using
> "netcfg" and everything was correct ( I'm almost 100 % sure of this ) !
> I use RH5.0 and KDE-Beta4-1
>
> Any suggestions to a fix will be highly appreciated !
>
If you're running Redhat 5.0, it defaults on install to running gated (or is
it routed?) which
1) isn't necessary if you only have one default route to the net
2) it changes your routing table
Disable gated in the appropriate /etc/rc.d/*
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