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Re: Connecting to the internet prob.



On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, Peter L. Peres wrote:


I wish to add on this issue:

1). If you run RedHat, you need to tell /etc/nsswitch.conf how to resolve
hosts. Make sure there is a line in that file that says:

hosts: files dns

Moreover, make sure your /etc/resolv.conf looks like this:

domain access.net.il
search access.net.il inter.net.il
nameserver 205.164.141.8
nameserver 205.164.141.9


The nameservers do not need to be in /etc/hosts


--Ariel

> 
> 1. when pppd is launched from a terminal (not as daemon) then it does not
> assume that the route it opens is to be the default route for all packets.
> fix: add 'defaultroute' to /etc/ppp/options if not already there. man:
> pppd howto: ppp-howto
> 
> 2. when a connection is up, you rely on the ISPs name services to resolve
> names. Since the only way for the local system to get names at that time
> is /etc/hosts, the nameserver must be there.
> 
> 3. the host resolver library uses a nameserver mentioned in
> /etc/resolv.conf to find names. Thus the nameserver must be there (as IP
> address). man: resolv.conf
> 
> 4. the host itself must be configured to know about /etc/hosts and the
> remote ISP named (aka bind). This is the file /etc/host.conf, which should
> contain:
> 
> order hosts bind
> multi on
> 
> The multi prevents the system from getting dizzy when it has many names
> (ex: localhost + darkstar).
> 
> hope this time I was in claro,
> 
> 	Peter
> 
> 

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