Unknown host error message when trying to ping Internet

[ronnie gauthier]

here is what I get.
How do you have 216.229.32.250 set for a DNS server when it is not listed?

ns2.pcisys.net - 216.29.32.166
ns1.pcisys.net - 216.229.32.170
banya.pcisys.net - 216.229.32.250
jerry.pcisys.net - 207.76.102.251

On Fri, 01 Aug 2003 11:51:04 -0600 - bof <bof at pcisys.net> wrote
the
following
Re: Re: Unknown host error message when trying to ping Internet

>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
>>>
>
>
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