I've been off the list for a couple of months, but I've got a name
resolve problem that's driving me nuts, so here I am again.
My mdk 8.0 box fails to resolve hostnames after connecting to my isp.
I've even re-installed thinking that something was screwed with the
original installation--to no avail. My local lan works fine, though.
What's weird is that my configuration files are exact copies of the
files that work on my mdk7.1 and 7.2 machines.
here's my resolv.conf:
search myispname.net
nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xx #my isp's first dns server
nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xx #my isp's secondary dns server
This is what it is NOW, after trying a dozen other things. My original
resolv.conf (which still works on my older mdk boxes) is:
search mylocaldomain
nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xx #my isp's first dns server
nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xx #my isp's secondary dns server
bind and dns cacheing is installed--which wasn't done by default.
The search order is: hosts, bind
multi on
In the kppp dial-up the box to disable other dns servers when connecting
is checked, and my isp's DNS addresses are correct.
I'm really at my wit's end, and am convinced that mdk8.0 has done
"something" differently than the earlier distro's, so that I need to
change or create a configuration that I haven't before. Any help would
be appreciated.
And, btw, nslookup doesn't give me anything--just a > after a little
message that says it's obsolete. And, after connecting, I can't ping my
isp--destination host unreachable. And, I repeat, my config files are
EXACT copies of those on my other boxes--only the localhost name/address
is changed to protect the innocent. Kppp is set up exactly the same way
on all the boxes.
eryl
