Run a DNS server on your box and the problem is solved. urpmi bind bind-utils
chkconfig --add named chkconfig --levels 2345 named on service named start change /etc/resolv.conf to: nameserver 127.0.0.1 HTH, Bill > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Frank Bax > Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 11:56 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] DNS questions > > > At 11:04 AM 5/11/04, Frank Bax wrote: > > >At 09:56 AM 5/11/04, Anders Lind wrote: > > > >>On Tue, 11 May 2004 09:51:18 -0400 > >>Frank Bax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > I have three Linux machines on the same network with a > bunch of windows > >> > machines. The ip address of the server hosting > corporate email changed > >> > last week, but the old ip address was only "unplugged" > yesterday. Two of > >> > the linux machines are unable to download email and > "ping" attempts to > >> > connect to the old ip address. reboot didn't help. > Third linux machine > >> > and windows machines are working fine. Looks like a dns > issue. What > >> tools > >> > do I use to determine which nameserver Linux is using, > what ip address > >> that > >> > name server is providing for the server we are trying to reach? > >> > > >> > Frank > >> > > >>Open /etc/resolv.conf as root with your favorite editor and > you can also > >>have a look in /etc/hosts so everything is the same on all > three boxes > > > > > >/etc/resolv.conf was different - change them all to match > what our router > >has and all is well! > > > >But more questions. We have a router with dsl modem here. > I use dhcp for > >windows clients. I gave each linux machine a static ip so I > can do remote > >admin. Is there a way to get the ip address of nameservers from the > >router, like what would happen with dhcp, but still have > static addresses > >for the linux machines? > > > Does no-one have a solution to this nameserver problem? My > Linux machines > went down again today - apparently my ISP (sympatico/bell) > changed name > servers and the ip addresses that worked yesterday don't work today! > > Frank > > >
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