Keith Goettert <Keith@???> wrote:
>
>Found a workaround to the problem. By replacing the fully qualified
>domain name in my resolv.conf file with the ip address of the dns server
>it started working.
You can't put a domain name for your name server in resolv.conf, because
you get a chicken-and-egg problem. The system would need the IP address
of the nameserver in order to look up the IP address of the nameserver.
Tony.
--
f.a.n.finch <dot@???>
http://dotat.at/
WHITBY TO THE WASH: SOUTH 4 OR 5 DECREASING 3 OR 4 LOCALLY 5, LATER VEERING
SOUTHWEST. RISK OF SHOWERS. GOOD LOCALLY MODERATE. GENERALLY SLIGHT.