Look at file /etc/nsswitch.conf and check if there is a line saying something similar to hosts: files dns Pavel. -----Original Message----- From: rebel indian [mailto:rebel_student@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tue, June 24, 2003 3:36 PM To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx Cc: mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Detailed Problem:Unable to Connect to Internet hi I edited this file to include what u suggested but then it did nt work. i ran the dhcp-script again but the file was overwritten to the previous one. I have observed that in my ifcfg-eth0 file i m missing DHCP_HOSTNAME so i now include DHCP_HOSTNAME=wonder as wonder is the name of my machine lets see what happens m goin back to linux :) m really tired of swithcing bween windows and linux sorry on me Thx Rebel Mike Chambers <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 07:34, rebel indian wrote: > my /etc/resolv.conf file looks like this now > ; generated by /sbin/dhclient-script > search crema.unimi.it > nameserver 159.149.70.1 You could try changing the resolv.conf file to below.. search giove.crema.unimi.it crema.unimi.it nameserver 159.149.70.1 nameserver 159.149.70.3 nameserver 159.149.70.5 Looks like your dns is sort of working, just not dns'ing the host to IP. -- Mike Chambers Madisonville, KY "If you're not part of the solution, be part of the problem!" -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month!