Kyle Burton on Sat, 12 Jun 1999 23:22:34 -0400 (EDT) |
You can try nslookup to see if DNS resolves the ip address of the remote host. If it gives you back an ip address for the server you're trying to contact, then it's probably not DNS...it's probably a slow/unreliable link somewhere inbetween... k ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Crash programs] fail because they are based on the theory that, with nine women pregnant, you can get a baby a month. -- Wernher von Braun mortis@voicenet.com http://www.voicenet.com/~mortis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On Sat, 12 Jun 1999, Graham, John wrote: > Doing a re-install(not a format and install) I managed to loose my settings > for my DNS servers. I entered the ones recently provided by Bell(my isp) > and it seems like I can only hit certain sites? Bell being one, netscape > redhat etc.. Sites like linux.org and linux.com time out. Is this a problem > on Bell's end or is my configuration wrong and how can I tell? > > _______________________________________________ > Plug maillist - Plug@lists.nothinbut.net > http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ Plug maillist - Plug@lists.nothinbut.net http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug
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