Please, someone, point me in the correct direction, or show me how I am being such a dummy. This must be something simple. When hostnames on my home LAN are listed (hostname xxxx.xxxx.xxxx.xxxx) in etc/hosts, the ppp0 default route changes. (The localhost.localdomain entry was not changed in etc/hosts.) I can not retreive email or connect to web sites. I have tried connecting with the FQN (www.foo.com) and the IP address. Both of these methods fail and so it appears not to be a DNS problem. (Correct me if I'm wrong.) When the etc/hosts entries are removed (and network service is restarted) it changes back to the correct defaultroute. Where can I set the ppp* default route back to 0.0.0.0? Does anyone know why it changes. I found if the computer is renamed to ns it works correctly (with the etc/host file populated). The names of my ISP's DNS servers are ns.mlc.net and ns2.mlc.net. I know better than leaving my computer named ns and connected. :) The only DNS server I have set up was on N.T. 4.0 several years ago. This now really has me confused. This is a Microtel system, runing RH9, with all the updates applied. The Microtel uses a TOPIC modem that is not detected by RH9. I had to use an rc.serial file in /etc to make it work with RH9. The browser is Mozilla and the email program is Evolution. The etc/hosts file has been built with the Network Device Control>Network Configuration applet and/or with a text editor. It does not change the problem. I have searched Google and Red Hat sites, but no luck on RH8 or RH9. What was found did not help. Results of route command with the etc/hosts file built: [root@xxxxxxxx /]# route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 64.199.128.14 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0 192.168.200.32 * 255.255.255.224 U 0 0 0 eth0 169.254.0.0 * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo default 64.199.128.14 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 ppp0 NOTE 64.199.128.14 is the IP assigned by the ISP DHCP. Results of route command when the etc/hosts contains only the localhosts entry or the computer is named ns and etc/hosts is populated: [root@xxxxxxxx /]# route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface mlcnet-nas01.ml * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0 192.168.200.32 * 255.255.255.224 U 0 0 0 eth0 169.254.0.0 * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo default mlcnet-nas01.ml 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 ppp0 host.conf is: order hosts,bind resolv.conf is (from my ISP): nameserver 64.199.128.2 nameserver 64.199.128.3 _______________________________________________ Pam-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list
