[techtalk] re: Modem Help

[Chris Ritsert]

Thank you Samantha and Richard!  Both of your suggestions helped me realize
what I was missing (brains).  Well anyway, I now have the Netscape browser,
Netscape mail and IRC working through my Linux machine.  I am still in shock
and very happy.  Thanks again.

Chris Ritsert

-----Original Message-----
From: Samantha Jo Moore <sjmoore at TheTahoeGroup.com>
To: techtalk at linuxchix.org <techtalk at linuxchix.org>
Date: Monday, October 18, 1999 11:12 PM
Subject: RE: [techtalk] re: Modem Help


>> the line in /resolv.conf just read "search"
>>
>> how should this line read exactly?
>>
>> would my ISP's nameserver be a number like this....206.222.1.2?
>>
>> Thanks again, I really need all the help I can get :)
>>
>
>The file /etc/resolv.conf is used by Linux as a directive on where to find
>name servers.  The contents of the file should be as follows:
>
>domain <your domain name>
>nameserver <IP address of the name server to be consulted first>
>nameserver <IP address of the name server to be consulted second
(optional)>
>nameserver <IP address of the name server to be consulted third (optional)>
>
>As an example, my gateway has the following
>
>domain thetahoegroup.com
>nameserver 192.168.1.1
>nameserver 207.135.224.247
>nameserver 207.135.224.248
>
>Explanation:
>The first line defines the domain for which my local name server resolves
>host names without a domain.  The second line defines the name server
>within my company's LAN.  This name server happens to be the same host
>in which this file lives (192.168.1.1).  That name server has the names
>of all the hosts in my LAN and their IP addresses which are all in the
>range 192.168.*.*.  The third line has the IP address of the primary name
>server at my ISP.  This name server is consulted when the local nameserver
>can't resolve a name.  I.e. When a workstation in my company's LAN consults
>linuxchix.org, that name is not resolved by  192.168.1.1 so the next thing
>the name server does is ask 207.135.224.247 for the name.  The last line
>has the IP address of yet another name server to consult in case the name
>in question is not resolved by either of the first two name servers.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Samantha Jo Moore
>CTO - The Tahoe Group, Inc.
>http://www.thetahoegroup.com
>sjmoore at thetahoegroup.com
>
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>
>On Mon, 18 Oct 1999, Chris Ritsert wrote:

> the line in /resolv.conf just read "search"

/etc/resolv.conf should look something like this:

search <INSERT YOUR FAVORITE DOMAIN HERE>
nameserver <IP ADDRESS OF ISP DNS SERVER HERE>
nameserver <IP ADDRESS OF 2nd ISP DNS SERVER HERE>


For more details, man resolv.conf.  Hope this helps.


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