maybe the sites that you are pinging are set to reply to ping... can you
ping by IP addresses.... ??????
----- Original Message -----
From: "Franki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 9:20 AM
Subject: [newbie] I've lost all DNS !!!! Help...
> Hi all,
>
> I have a probem that is driving me nuts...
>
> For no apparent reason, I have no DNS on my server.. I am not running a
DNS
> server, it is just supposed to pass on requests to my ISP's DNS server...
>
> I can ping my ISP's name servers IP's no problem...
>
> but if I try to ping anything else, like hotmail.com or whitepages.com it
> comes back "host unknown"
>
> my isp has 3 name servers and I have tried them all and none make a
> difference...
>
> can anyone make any suggestions with regards as to where I might look to
> find the problem?
>
> I am abit lost as to what to try next,, the only thing that works, is to
put
> ALL possible domains in the /etc/hosts file as that works,, but its not my
> idea of fun.
>
> Can anyone give me some suggestions to try?
>
>
> kindest regards
>
> Frank Hauptle
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