Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 23:52:25 -0700 From: Ryan Merrick <sandshrimp@comcast.net> To: chris <chris@susi.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question on FreeBSD name resolution Message-ID: <3F7290A9.4090203@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <019601c3831f$fa743350$0100000a@red> References: <019601c3831f$fa743350$0100000a@red>
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chris wrote: > I just installed 5.1 and have been playing around with it, but I am > troubled by an issue with my network configuration. I apologize if this > is the wrong list, it seemed to be the most appropriate. I want to at > least get the machine working so then I can start working through > learning the ins and outs. > > My FreeBSD box is running on a Dell laptop on my home network where I > have three other Windows based machines. All of my machines are > configured to use another NT-Based firewall as both the default gateway > and DNS server, which is connected out to the Internet via cable. > > I’m using the default network settings that were configured when I > installed the system. The network card is configured to use DHCP and > when I do an ifconfig I see the Ethernet card has an appropriately > assigned IP address & netmask. If I ping a website by it’s DNS name, > the name resolves quickly and I get ping responses back pretty quickly > (as I would expect). When I use FTP, Telnet, or WWW to try to connect > to an address by FQDN, it takes a few minutes to establish the > connection. However when I use the associated IP address instead of the > FQDN it connects instantly. > > It seems like the TCP (or at least FTP, WWW & Telnet) programs are > having an issue with resolving the name. My guess is that they are > timing out through trying to resolve via one means, and therefore then > try a DNS resolve. Is there a way to determine the order in which the > system currently does name resolution? I looked for the host.conf file > in my /etc folder and there was one, but even when I added one in it > didn’t help. > > Hello, You should be looking in your #/etc/resolv.conf . If you don't have one make it. Ryan Merrick
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