On 17/05/07, scot huntsberry <scothuntsberry at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have set up my wireless card and if I put the ip address in the browser 
> window the correct web page loads.  If I type in www.yahoo.com it will not 
> load.  I have the following in my /etc/resolv.conf
>
>      nameserver 68.1.208.30
>
> I am able to ping IP addresses but not domains.  if I type "ping 
> www.yahoo.com" I get "unknown host www.yahoo.com"
>
> I know this is probably a very simple fix.  Could someone point me in the 
> right direction?

/etc/nsswitch.conf

Does it mention dns? or just "files"?

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