Dear Slug,
I've got RH6.0 running a server at my house. It's been going great guns for more
than a year now with no problems. I use masquerade so that I can link on my
laptop and two other computers and use the server as a gateway to my ISP.
Two nights ago we had a lightning storm (but not actually near us). Since then,
my modem connects fine to my ISP but DNS doesn't seem to work. I can ping IP
addresses but not domain names. I've checked /etc/resolv.conf and all looks
reasonable (as it has been for a long time).
I rang my ISP's tech support thinking it was probably a fault at their server
(they fall over frequently during lightning) but they said I was the only one
reporting a problem from Gosford. They suggested that my modem was damaged (by
lightning or other reason). I'm sceptacle - is it reasonable that a modem would
be only partially broken? Could the modem affect the way domain names are
processed? I'd guess that domain name processing was a software task.
My laptop has a different (Win)modem and can connect fine to the server (ruling
out the telephone line) with DNS support.
The modem on the linux box has been very reliable so I'd rather not mess with a
new one (although its running only at 28.8kbps). Could anyone shed some light on
what could be going on?
Thanks,
Gregg
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