Is the whois RPM not available on your CDs? If not, check the DVD-ROM. RIPE will give you authoritative data on IP block information and ownership. ARIN [www.arin.net] is also another good website, especially for non-European or non-European-associated networks/service providers.
Regards, Mark Tinka Network Engineer Africa Online Uganda 5th Floor, Commercial Plaza 7 Kampala Rd, Tel: +256-41-258143 Fax: +256-41-258144 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.africaonline.co.ug -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Lunghabo James Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 9:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: lug_: whois or fwhois I actually made an upgrade from 7.2 to 8.0 . However I have been able to use the ripe.net website that has a web basedfrontend for whois. Tx though. L On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 09:49, Mark Tinka wrote: > They might not have been discontiued as such, but are no longer part of the > default installation, especially since SuSE started releasing its upgrades > from SuSE Linux 8.0 and later. There are some other packages that are not > part of the default installation, such as automake, autoconf, GNU Make, and > all sorts of other GNU utilities. > > This can be frustrating, so my advice to you would be to install a SuSE 7.x > generation OS, such SuSE Linux 7.2, and then upgrade your installation to > 8.0 or 8.1. That way, you are sure you have all those packages you've been > used to from the past. > > If you still can't get your software, then check the SuSE FTP server. If > nothing else works, source code is your friend. > > Regards, > > Mark Tinka > Network Engineer > Africa Online Uganda > 5th Floor, Commercial Plaza > 7 Kampala Rd, > Tel: +256-41-258143 > Fax: +256-41-258144 > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web: www.africaonline.co.ug > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Lunghabo > James > Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 9:39 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: lug_: whois or fwhois > > > Guys > > Please advise. Were those two utilities discontinued in Linux esp Suse ? > If so, how would I be able to find out more information on ownership of > an IP or block of IP's ? > > Tx > > L > >
