[3533] in linux-net channel archive
Re: Netscape
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom Dyas)
Sat Jun 29 03:46:43 1996
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 96 22:00:46 EDT
From: Tom Dyas <tdyas@eden.rutgers.edu>
To: Dilip Choudhury <dilip@carfax.ims.advantis.com>
Cc: linux-net <linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu>, dilip@carfax.ims.advantis.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of Fri, 28 Jun 1996 14:04:33 -0400 (EDT)
> Hi,
>
> I am running Netscape 2.02 under Linux 2.0. I have a static IP. I connect
> to ISP using PPP 2.2.0. I can ping servers outside my machine using domain
> name. But, in netscape, I CAN NOT REACH ANY URL using the URL name. However,
> it works if I use the IP address instead of the URL name. Can anybody please
> tell me what is the problem?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Dilip.
>
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>
Make that the file /etc/resolv.conf contains the IP addresses of your ISP's
DNS servers. DNS stands for Domain Name System. It is a series of servers
that translate names to IP addresses. You will need to find out what the IP
addresses of your ISP's nameservers are. You will also need the "domain name"
of your ISP. For example, here are Rutgers, my domain name is "rutgers.edu"
(everything other than host names). Make an /etc/resolv.conf as follows:
domain DOMAIN
nameserver NS_IP1
nameserver NS_IP2
nameserver NS_IP3
Replace the stuff in captials with the correct information. You might not
need to fill out three nameserver directives but you will need at least one.
Tom
