Re: pinging a domain name

1999-10-22 Thread Mark Wagnon
pplaw wrote: > > debs, > > through pon (config'd with pppconfig), i can ping my isp's addy > (207.76.102.251), but i can't ping the domain (www.pcisys.net) (or any > other domain, including www.debian.org). therefore, i can't have a > successful apt with dselect. > > how do i config linux to co

Re: pinging a domain name

1999-10-22 Thread aphro
add the DNS servers to /etc/resolv.conf e.g. nameserver 1.2.3.4 nameserver 5.6.7.8 to find your isp's name servers ask them or do a WHOIS on their domain. test it by using the nslookup utility (nslookup www.debian.org for ex.) nate [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECT