[NTLUG:Discuss] DNS not working

[jeremyb@univista.com]

Right-o.  But, you can try this to make sure your DNS server will talk to
your machine.
  $>host host.domain.net DNSserver_IP

-----Original Message-----
From: Kelledin [mailto:kelledin+NTLUG at skarpsey.dyndns.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 6:17 PM
To: discuss at ntlug.org
Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] DNS not working


On Tuesday 29 October 2002 02:54 pm, joseph beasley wrote:
> Check your /etc/resolv.conf for a valid dns server.
>
>   nameserver x.x.x.x
>
> Make sure you can ping that server.  You can also test
> it using nslookup from the command line.

(small nitpick--sometimes you can't actually get a ping response 
from a nameserver.  any host can refuse to reply to pings.)

-- 
Kelledin
"If a server crashes in a server farm and no one pings it, does 
it still cost four figures to fix?"


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