From owner-freebsd-net Tue Dec 19 15:36:45 2000 From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 19 15:36:42 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mario.zyan.com (mario.zyan.com [209.250.96.140]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D385E37B400 for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 15:36:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from dopey.weyrich.com (orville@node-64-249-12-250.dslspeed.zyan.com [64.249.12.250]) by mario.zyan.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA28924 for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 15:36:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from orville@weyrich.com) Received: from localhost (orville@localhost) by dopey.weyrich.com (8.9.3/8.6.9) with ESMTP id RAA13621; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 17:06:16 -0700 Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 17:06:16 -0700 (MST) From: "Orville R. Weyrich.Jr" To: Harkitrat Singh Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hosname lookup failure In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Do you have to set a default route to a gateway server? Ask your network administrator (or check the configuration of a buddy's machine). On Tue, 19 Dec 2000, Harkitrat Singh wrote: > > Hi! > > I have a tiny laptop, Libretto100CT, I downloaded freeBsd (4.2)on it and > from my home it was working fine. I brought it to school and now it is not > able to connect to network. I changed the nameserver IP. If I do ping with > IP address then I get error "host route not found". In case I use the name > then I get "Host name lookup failure". Ping to localhost is working fine. > > Please give me some suggestions. > > -Harkirat > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message > =================================================================== IF YOU WANT REFORM >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> VOTE REFORM ------------------------------------------------------------------- Orville R. Weyrich, Jr. Weyrich Computer Consulting mailto:orville@weyrich.com KD7HJV http://www.weyrich.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our online collection of book reviews: http://www.weyrich.com/book_reviews/ Ask about our world wide web services! ------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message