Re: nsswitch solution:explanation required

2000-02-12 Thread Howard Mann
Ben Collins wrote: > > > > > I did this by trial-and error, not with any insight. I believe the > > change involving the "hosts" or "networks" lines finally did the > > trick. > > > > I would hazard a guess that it is because your cable provider is using a > non-standard netmask/broadcast for wha

Re: nsswitch solution:explanation required

2000-02-12 Thread Ben Collins
> > I did this by trial-and error, not with any insight. I believe the > change involving the "hosts" or "networks" lines finally did the > trick. > I would hazard a guess that it is because your cable provider is using a non-standard netmask/broadcast for whatever private network you are on. Ei

nsswitch solution:explanation required

2000-02-12 Thread Howard Mann
Hi, Background: I use DSL with Slink. My ISP recently mandated a change in the configuration of the DSL router from "bridging" to "ppp" mode. After the change, I could not resolve names ( DNS ). nslookup would fail. The "route" command would take a _long_ time to print the final " default gateway"