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Re: Still grief 3.0 Slackware
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tony Nugent)
Wed Apr 17 03:28:37 1996
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 15:51:42 +1000
From: Tony Nugent <tonyn@sctnugen.ppp.gu.edu.au>
To: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu, rizulof@newschool.edu
Rizulo <rizulof@newschool.edu> wrote:
> Thanks to all those that gave suggestions to the problem below.
> Unfortunately it hasn't been solved. Any other suggestions?
>
> I installed Slackware version 2.0 ( Kernel 1.1.59) , no problem.
> I reinstalled version 3.0 ( Kernel 1.2.13) and cannot ping any host by
> name ( by IP number OK ), cannot Telnet out. I can Telnet in
> though. I checked all the configuration files and they are set up just
> like the 2.0 version. I selected the IDENET kernel during
> installation. My card is 3COM Etherlink lll, 3C5X9.
Have you got your nameserver specified in your /etc/resolv.conf file?
# /etc/resolv.conf
domain newschool.edu
nameserver www.xxx.yyy.zzz
Cheers
Tony
