On 4/28/05, Mikkel L. Ellertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Derek Jennings wrote: > > On Thursday 28 April 2005 04:29, Christopher Taylor wrote: > > > >> > >>etc/resolv.conf > >>search myhome.westell.com > > > > > > Here is your problem. The domain westell.com is owned by > > Westell Technologies, Inc of Aurora Illinois who I suspect are not you. > > > > Every time you enter a URL your computer is going to try to search the > > Westell > > domain to find the host you are looking for. > > > > I suspect you gave entered your domain name in Mandrake Control > > Centre>Networking>Internet as myhome.westell.com > > > > You should only use a top level domain address as your domain (com, net, org > > etc) if it actually resolves to your IP address. If you do not own a domain > > you should use a name such as 'localdomain'. What you must *not* do, is use > > someone else's domain name. > > > > derek > > > This should only be a problem if the first lookup fails. At least this > is what I go by: > > "Two other options, domain and search deal with default domains that are > tacked onto a hostname if BIND fails to resolve it with the first query. > The search option specifies a list of domain names to be tried. The list > items are separated by spaces or tabs. > > If no search option is given, a default search list is constructed from > the local domain name by using the domain name itself, plus all parent > domains up to the root. The local domain name may be given using the > domain statement; if none is given, the resolver obtains it through the > getdomainname(2) system call." > > If you were having the same problem in Windows, I would suspect the DSL > modem. But in this case, I suspect a problem with the network setup or > NIC driver. Are there any network related error messages in the logs? > Especialy messages about the network connection dropping and restarting? > > You may need to add "MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=yes" to your > /etc/sysconfig/netwrok-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file if the logs show the link > dropping and comming back up. If there are no errors in the log, then we > will have to look elseware. > > Mikkel > -- > > Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, > for you are crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! > > > ____________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com > ____________________________________________________ > > > I changed the "MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=yes" and rebooted (not needed I know but old habits die hard). This appears to have fixed the problem. What does this setting do?
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