Unknown host error message when trying to ping Internet

[Kurt Wall]

Quoth bof:
> 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."

[snippage]

> /etc/resolv.conf
> 	nameserver 216.229.33.250
> 	nameserver 216.229.33.251
> 	search local local

How about:

search pcisys.net local

Kurt
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