Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2002 03:15:07 +0530 From: "Unix Tools" <unixtools@hotmail.com> To: "Tim Kellers" <timothyk@serv1.wallnet.com>, <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: name resolving issues behind a firewall Message-ID: <OE24zrwz4kgNr4zCcT700001cb0@hotmail.com> References: <20020830135011.P34200-100000@serv1.wallnet.com>
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Is this happening always. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Kellers" <timothyk@serv1.wallnet.com> To: <questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 11:29 PM Subject: name resolving issues behind a firewall > > Strange name resolving issuses... > > When I type: > > heaven# nslookup wallnet.com > Server: cpe3.maestro.njit.edu > Address: 128.235.198.4 > > Name: wallnet.com > Address: 208.225.162.122 > > > All is well, but when I type: > > heaven# ping wallnet.com > > I get: > > ping: cannot resolve wallnet.com: Unknown host > > The IP address of this machine is 192.168.0.64 and shares the private > subnet with 2 other machines (one Win2k, one Linux) that can ping the > outside world with no apparent problem. The FreeBSD box can get to the > internet via IP addresses, just fine; it just can't resolve names. > > /etc/resolv.conf has valid Nameserver entries; I'm about out of ideas > > > The OS is: 4.6-STABLE (as of Wednesday afternoon). > > I'd appreciate any thoughts. > > Tim Kellers > CPE/NJIT > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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