folks thank u so much but before i could try ur suggestoins dodd,, i reinstalled red hat 9. earlier i was using red hat 7 and upgrded to 9 when the problem of dns came...i m now mailin u frm red hat 9... and its very beautiful :-) thx and regards i can now continue my work Rebel --- Thomas Dodd <ted@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > rebel indian wrote: > > > > hi i have installed a package dhclient. > > I had a dhcpcd running first i removed > > rpm -e dhcpcd > > and then i installed rpm -ivh dhclient > > my /etc/resolv.conf file looks like this now > > ; generated by /sbin/dhclient-script > > search crema.unimi.it > > nameserver 159.149.70.1 > > > > fixed-address 159.149.71.28; > There's you new IP address, assigned by DHCP. > > > option domain-name-servers 159.149.70.1; > Only one nameserver listed. It is working fine. > > > option domain-name "crema.unimi.it"; > And you default domainname for DNS searches. > > > I restarted the network services by typing > > service network restart > > > when i run ping with ip address it works but if i > run > > [root@xxxxxx local]# ping www.yahoo.com > <http://www.yahoo.com> > > ping: unknown host www.yahoo.com > <http://www.yahoo.com> > > what's the <..> stuff for? > Try just 'ping yahoo.com' > Also try 'host yahoo.com' to check just the DNS > lookup. > > Also try restarting nscd, 'service nscd restart'. > I had problem with PPP+DHCP because of nscd more > than once. Now retry > the host and ping commands. > > -Thomas > > > -- > 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! http://sbc.yahoo.com
