ISP's DNS

[John B Goode]

I've been here before but it seems this time it won't work...Here is what I got:
I need to allow my unix box to use my ISP's DNS server.
Here are the servers:
68.10.16.20 ns1hr.cox.net
68.10.16.29 ns2hr.cox.net
Where are all the places I need to put these so Mozilla can lookup?

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

Hi,

You need to put those entries in your /etc/resolv.conf file.

domain your_domain_name
nameserver 68.10.16.20
nameserver 68.10.16.20

Also make sure you have DNS in order in your /etc/nsswitch.conf file

hosts: files [NOTFOUND=continue UNAVAIL=continue] dns

-Sri

[John Ramsay_2]

I've done all that. The odd thing is in my other unix box all I had to do was add the default gateway. I've since installed a linux firewall but everything works except this new unix machine. Both machines are set the same. One resolves and one don't.

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

Hi,

Can you ping to 68.10.16.20 or 29?. If not, then it is not a name server problem but a network problem.

If you can ping, what do you get when you do

nslookup yahoo.com

-Sri

[Mic V.]

Are you doing Cox@home with DHCP, and have you ever had two boxes up at the same time? I'm assuming you're not behind a firewall; if so, my comments may be useless.

My experience is that Cox only allows one DHCP lease for home users; thus, without some more complex networking than a hub/switch, you wouldn't be able to use two systems simultaneously.

HTH,
Mic