Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2002 21:40:15 -0500 From: "Charles Pelletier" <fozekizer@attbi.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: name resolving issues behind a firewall Message-ID: <00b301c2522a$11b9d290$32040101@hume> References: <20020830135011.P34200-100000@serv1.wallnet.com> <OE24zrwz4kgNr4zCcT700001cb0@hotmail.com>
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do us all a favor please and copy your resolv.conf file for us all to see? just wanna make sure it is correct. you might also check to see if your ISP hasn't updated or changed its DNS info. many times ISPs will do that and forget to tell their customers. --charlie pelletier --litmus(mp3.com/litmus) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Unix Tools" <unixtools@hotmail.com> To: "Tim Kellers" <timothyk@serv1.wallnet.com>; <questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 4:45 PM Subject: Re: name resolving issues behind a firewall > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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