> On Fri, 19 Nov 1999, Arni Raghu wrote:
>
> > I have ppp link.so the dns server cannot be contacted..!!
>
> Uh yes it can...
How!!..when the machine is booting up the ppp link is not up!!
>
> > I blanked out all the lines in the /etc/resolv.cof and then
rebooted..no
> > luck...any ideas.??
>
> Don't do that, it's just making your problem worse... if nslookup isn't
> working, you can't connect to the net without using ip adresses instead of
> host names...
>
> add the line "search rutgers.edu" or whatever the name of the isp you are
> connecting to in your resolv.conf...
>
I know the nameserver directive in the resolv.conf, what does teh search
directive do..pls refersh my memory and also how would it solve this problem
Thx,
Arni
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