Re: Weird nameserver issue

[Daniel Fone]

> resolve.conf reads...
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^
Don't you mean resolv.conf?
Yes, I did

> nameserver 202.180.64.9
> nameserver 202.180.64.2
> ...which is correct. My routing table is correct. I connect to the
> internet using wvdial and I use a firehol firewall.  Is there anything
> that could be wrong?
Are you sure the firewall rules allow the firewall host to send packets
to and receive packets from the two nameservers in your resolv.conf?
Hmm, I'm not sure. Here is my firewall:

version 5

interface eth0 home
        policy reject
        server "dns ftp samba squid dhcp http ssh icmp" accept
        client all accept
interface ppp+ internet
        protection strong 10/sec 10
        server all drop
        server ident reject with tcp-reset
        client all accept
router internet2home inface ppp+ outface eth0
        masquerade reverse
        client all accept
        server ident reject with tcp-reset

What happens if you run host(1) on the firewall host and specific the
nameserver while performing a test lookup?  e.g.:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# host google.co.nz 202.180.64.9
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
Thanks,

Daniel