darthspacey
02-08-2005, 02:27 AM
Using Knoppix 3.6, booted straight off the CD with no customisations
DHCP correctly gives my machine an IP address, and the correct default route, and correctly populates /etc/resolv.conf
I can "dig" the name servers (not with any kind of finesse, but I can at least connect to them), and I can ping hosts inside and outside of my LAN by using IP addresses. However, when I try to ping by hostname, it fails to resolve the name to a number and fails with "unknown host".
I have not found the first few pages of Google results helpful. What troubleshooting steps would you recommend next?
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You wanna hear something odd? I jusyt tried booting again to see if I could gather any other useful data, and I *can* resolve (i.e. ping by name) a.root-servers.net through m.root-servers.net, but still no other hosts that I've tried.
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Thanks for your time,
DHCP correctly gives my machine an IP address, and the correct default route, and correctly populates /etc/resolv.conf
I can "dig" the name servers (not with any kind of finesse, but I can at least connect to them), and I can ping hosts inside and outside of my LAN by using IP addresses. However, when I try to ping by hostname, it fails to resolve the name to a number and fails with "unknown host".
I have not found the first few pages of Google results helpful. What troubleshooting steps would you recommend next?
<edit>
You wanna hear something odd? I jusyt tried booting again to see if I could gather any other useful data, and I *can* resolve (i.e. ping by name) a.root-servers.net through m.root-servers.net, but still no other hosts that I've tried.
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Thanks for your time,