resolv.conf

I need a copy of the resolv.conf so that I can do my own . As there is
not one on my system

Thx
Bill

This should be enough:


lookup file bind
nameserver 24.2.9.33
nameserver 24.2.9.35


You can change the nameserver lines if you wish, if your ISP has
given you some. The numbers above are for the @home network’s
nameservers, which will work fine. The “lookup file bind” line says
to look in your /etc/hosts file before consulting the Internet. Many
people find this useful.

Andrew

<bcmc@sk.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:3A2A7E41.2720BA76@sk.sympatico.ca

I need a copy of the resolv.conf so that I can do my own . As there is
not one on my system

Still does not work could you tell me what the /etc/host file has or is
suppose to have in it.

Thx
Bill

Andrew Thomas wrote:

This should be enough:

lookup file bind
nameserver 24.2.9.33
nameserver 24.2.9.35

You can change the nameserver lines if you wish, if your ISP has
given you some. The numbers above are for the @home network’s
nameservers, which will work fine. The “lookup file bind” line says
to look in your /etc/hosts file before consulting the Internet. Many
people find this useful.

Andrew

bcmc@sk.sympatico.ca> > wrote in message
news:> 3A2A7E41.2720BA76@sk.sympatico.ca> …
I need a copy of the resolv.conf so that I can do my own . As there is
not one on my system

There are way too many reasons why it still does not work, and most of
them have nothing to do with resolv.conf.

  1. Are you connected to a network? Can you ping 24.2.9.33? If not,
    start debugging your network connection, and forget about resolv.conf
    for a while.
  2. Are you using a dial-up connection that might be over-writing
    resolv.conf?
    Try connecting, and then look to see if your resolv.conf has been destroyed
    by the dialer. Does it replace it with something sane? Some DHCP clients
    do this. The QNX dialer might also do this.
  3. Are you behind a firewall, or some other gateway? Have you set up your
    routing correctly?

/etc/hosts is supposed to contain a series of lines that map a network
address
to a name. For example, you could create a new file as:

24.2.9.33 dns1.home.com dns1
24.2.9.35 dns2.home.com dns2

The IP address comes first. The names are just aliases for for the IP
address.
Now you should be able to “ping dns1” and if your network is set up
correctly
your ping will succeed. The names do not have to agree with anybody else’s
names. They are local to your machine.

Andrew

<bcmc@sk.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:3A31164D.EF9E111F@sk.sympatico.ca

Still does not work could you tell me what the /etc/host file has or is
suppose to have in it.

Thx
Bill

Andrew Thomas wrote:

This should be enough:

lookup file bind
nameserver 24.2.9.33
nameserver 24.2.9.35

You can change the nameserver lines if you wish, if your ISP has
given you some. The numbers above are for the @home network’s
nameservers, which will work fine. The “lookup file bind” line says
to look in your /etc/hosts file before consulting the Internet. Many
people find this useful.

Andrew

bcmc@sk.sympatico.ca> > wrote in message
news:> 3A2A7E41.2720BA76@sk.sympatico.ca> …
I need a copy of the resolv.conf so that I can do my own . As there
is
not one on my system