Unknown host error message when trying to ping Internet

[bof]

Yes. I can ping 216.229.33.250 and get a reply. But if I try and ping 
"pcisys.net" (216.229.33.250 is the nameserver for pcisys.net), I get 
the "unknown host pcisys.net" error message.

So how do I correct this?

BOF

Net Llama! wrote:

>Can you ping the IPs in resolv.conf from the SuSE-8.2 box?  If not, then
>that's your problem.
>
>On Fri, 1 Aug 2003, bof wrote:
>
>
>>I am trying to set up a Suse 8.2 desktop box, (Bob, address
>>192.168.1.33) but am having trouble connecting to the Internet. I am
>>not running a firewall on it.
>>
>>I can ping an Internet address by IP address without problem. When I
>>try to ping by hostname I receive the error message "unknown host."
>>
>>I can ping other machines local to my network by both IP address and
>>hostname without problem. One of the other machines in the network
>>(Sam, address 192.168.1.2, RH 7.3) has no problems when pinging the
>>Internet, either by IP address or hostname, and it can ping the Suse
>>box without problem.
>>
>>My Internet access is through a NAT gateway/firewall box with address
>>192.168.1.1 (Bill) on the internal net card, and whatever address
>>assigned to tthe external card by my ISP using DHCP. From the firewall
>>box, I can ping the Suse box, the RH box, and the Internet using both
>>IP address and hostname, all without problems,
>>
>>The configuration files for the Suse box are set up as follows:
>>
>>/etc/hosts
>>	127.0.0.1       localhost
>>	192.168.1.1	bill.mynet.net 	bill
>>	192.168.1.2	sam.mynet.net	sam
>>	192.168.1.33	bob.mynet.net 	bob
>>
>>	# special IPv6 addresses
>>	::1             localhost ipv6-localhost ipv6-loopback
>>	fe00::0         ipv6-localnet
>>	ff00::0         ipv6-mcastprefix
>>	ff02::1         ipv6-allnodes
>>	ff02::2         ipv6-allrouters
>>
>>/etc/host.conf
>>	order hosts, bind
>>	multi on
>>
>>/etc/resolv.conf
>>	nameserver 216.229.33.250
>>	nameserver 216.229.33.251
>>	search local local
>>
>>/etc/nsswitch.conf
>>	passwd: compat
>>	group:  compat
>>	hosts:  	files dns
>>	networks:       files dns
>>	services:       files
>>	protocols:      files
>>	rpc:		files
>>	ethers:		files
>>	netmasks:       files
>>	netgroup:       files
>>	publickey:	files
>>	bootparams:     files
>>	automount:      files nis
>>	aliases:        files
>>
>>
>>The output of netstat -nr
>>
>>Kernel IP routing table
>>Destination  Gateway      Genmask       Flags   MSS Window  irtt face
>>192.168.1.0  0.0.0.0      255.255.255.0 U       0 0          0 eth0
>>0.0.0.0      192.168.1.1  0.0.0.0       UG      0 0          0 eth0
>>
>>Can anyone help me figure out what is going on?
>>
>>BOF
>>