[OLUG] failures

[Chad S. Lauritsen]

FWIW, if you have more than one nameserver, you should have two 'nameserver'
lines in /etc/resolv.conf, e.g.

nameserver 192.168.1.1
nameserver 192.168.1.2

Also, you can simplify your life quite a bit by running the netcfg program
(redhat only, I think :-( )
You can specify most everything you need from this control panel
program...including nameservers.

Sorry for the confusion, the numbers given you by Radiks are in fact what I
meant when I said 'DNS IP number' or whatever. Just a difference in wording
choice ;-)

If you're testing different things out, you can use ping to see if stuff
works. (A little quicker than netscape)
e.g.

ping olug.bstc.net

Then it should output stuff like:

PING olug.bstc.net (207.239.221.11): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 207.239.221.11: icmp_seq=0 ttl=243 time=241.9 ms
64 bytes from 207.239.221.11: icmp_seq=1 ttl=243 time=185.9 ms

If you see this, you know that your machine could successfully resolve
olug.bstc.net. control-C to kill this (it will go on forever)

--- olug.bstc.net ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 33% packet loss

^^^^^^^^^^^^
round-trip min/avg/max = 185.9/213.9/241.9 ms

Oops. Looks like our net connectino sucks today. :-(


Drazak wrote:

> You did put the IP addresses of the DNS servers the tech gave you into
> /etc/resolv.conf, right?  I didnt see you mention that you did.
>
> _Drew
>
> On Tue, 4 Jan 2000, Nathan Brown wrote:
>
> > Chad wrote to me in reply to a question about my internet connection .
> >
> > your suggestion that I connect to the olug.bstc.net site was helpful ..
> > I found that i could connect using the numbers.  However I could not
> > connect using the name.
> >
> > So in persuit of your instruction I called Radiks and asked them for the
> > ip number to thier dns server.  They gave me the dns numbers both
> > primary and secondary.  the secondary one was different than the one I
> > have been using but they did not help at all.  Linux connection still
> > works with the numbers and not witht he name.  So, What is the problem?
> > It seems to me the way you worded you mail to me that I am looking for
> > some number other than the dns numbers, I told the tech at radiks what
> > you said (ip number for the dns server) and he gave the dns to me so
> > either they will not let the right number out or they do not know what
> > it is i'm looking for?
> >
> > there are other problems too ...
> > netscape seems to lock up and when it does it tells me there is a lock
> > file in .netscape directory and that i should remove it and so i do but
> > it still loads only half way and then tells me that there is no reply
> > from the save yourself command and asks if i want to remove the program
> > .. what is this?
> >
> > thanks a lot
> > nate
> >
> >
> >
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* Chad S. Lauritsen, Systems Administrator                       *
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