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. ========== 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 ++++++++++++++++++ Michael Scottaline ======================================================== COL 2.2 Linux 2.2.5 * * * * * * * * * * * It's a fresh wind that Blows Against the Empire ======================================================== ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
