Barry Marler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> After I dial in to my ISP and establish a ppp connection, I can't do
> anything.  Trying to telnet gets the following message:
> 
> host name lookup failure
> 
> no matter what machine I try to dial into. Netscap gives me the following:
> 
> unable to locate the server home.netscape.com.  Can anyone shed some light
> on this dilemna?  I've been using Red Hat on another machine for the last
> two years with no problems. Thanks.  
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Have you edited /etc/resolv.conf ?

search <isp>
nameserver <dns # provided by isp>
nameserver <dns # provided by isp> [you'll usually be given two]

That should solve the problem ;o)
Mike

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