[ale] can ping out by #.#.#.# but not by www.name.xxx, under DEBIAN ?

[Courtney Thomas]

Then this is a functionality that, without question, cannot be compiled into
the kernel  ?

I see that "linuxconf" inserts/removes this functionality in Debian.

Courtney


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Philips" <briarpatchkid at bellsouth.net>
To: ale at ale.org
To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: [ale]can ping out by #.#.#.# but not by www.name.xxx, under
DEBIAN ?


> On Sunday 15 October 2006 14:40, Courtney Thomas wrote:
> > Jim,
> > I should have added that I don't find "dhcpd" anywhere on the HD.
> > Don't I have to have dhcpd running for all this to work ?
> > There is a dhcp.so.* type file resident, however.
>
> You should find dhcpcd (client daemon) or dhclient or dhclient3. If those
> aren't running, you aren't running dhcp
>
> >
> > Courtney
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jim Popovitch" <jimpop at yahoo.com>
> > To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 2:30 PM
> > Subject: Re: [ale] can ping out by #.#.#.# but not by www.name.xxx,under
> > DEBIAN ?
> >
> > > On Sun, 2006-10-15 at 12:45 -0400, Courtney Thomas wrote:
> > > > I'm tryin' to switch to DHCP and using linuxconf, am failing to
resolve
> > > > names, though
> > > > I have input the proper nameservers into /etc/resolv.conf.
> > > >
> > > > I  can ping out to 130.57.5.25 for example but not to www.novell.com
> > > >
> > > > I'm flyin' under DSL hence the DHCP on the local LAN.
> > > >
> > > > What's the cure, please ?
> > >
> > > Can you ping the DNS servers listed in /etc/resolv.conf?
> > >
> > > -Jim P.
> > >
> > >
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