[ale] New to the list and Linux too!

Kent Pirkle kpirkle at ga.prestige.net
Thu Jan 25 22:31:21 EST 2001


Hi,

Have you added your DNS server addresses to your /etc/resolv.conf file?

It should look something like:

nameserver 127.0.0.1
nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx are your DNS serves.

Kent


On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 08:47:54PM -0500, nottingham at alltel.net wrote:
> Good Day List!
> I'm new to Linux, and having some problems....  I decided that I no longer
> wanted NT as my server, and thought I'd give Linux a try.  I've got
> TurboLinux Server 6.0.  It's running great, but I cannot access any DNS
> servers on the 'net with it.  My Primary and Secondary DNS addresses are
> listed, but they cannot be reached.  I can access the 'net with Netscape by
> IP address only.  I have ADSL through Alltel, using a Cisco 677 router.  I'm
> also using the same TurboLinux Server at work, which I set up, and it runs
> fine, but it is on an ISDN, not ADSL.
> 
> Thanks!
> Ron N. - Dalton, GA
> 
> 
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