Setting up Mozilla on hpux ws

[Derek_81]

I am trying to access the www with mozilla 1.7.3 installed on an hp workstation connected to a home network. I recieve an error message that hp.com could not be found. I have an entry for my gateway set up in /etc/hosts and routing table, am I overlooking anything here?
Thanks

[Jeff Schussele]

Only things I can think of are:

1) Proxy?
2) Firewall settings?
3) Does that gateway have an equiv /etc/rc.config.d/netconf entry? It's not enough (and not even necessary to have a hosts entry).

My 2 cents,
Jeff

[Derek_81]

Acually, the gateway is a 4 port wireless linksys router.

[David Child_1]

Can you ping the address you are trying to reach? Example: ping www.hp.com

If that works then you have at least confirmed the network is set up okay and name resolution is working. If all that works then you can focus on the Mozilla settings.

David

[Biswajit Tripathy]

First thing I would look for is proxy setting. If a
proxy server is configured, check if you can ping that.
Typically coorporate firewalls disallow outgoing pings
from the network, so you may not be able to ping
www.hp.com. Try "nslookup www.hp.com" and
see if that resolves the address.

- Biswajit

[Derek_81]

It appears I have to type in the ip of the internet domain in order to get a response, otherwise I get "Unknown host" so this appears to be a dns issue? It appears I do have access to the web, with that in mind, what settings in Mozilla should I be adjusting? If we recall, I'm just sitting behind a linksys router for my gateway.
Thanks again folks.

[David Child_1 · Accepted solution]

"It appears I have to type in the ip of the internet domain in order to get a response, otherwise I get "Unknown host" so this appears to be a dns issue?" ---- Yes

"It appears I do have access to the web, with that in mind, what settings in Mozilla should I be adjusting?" ---- Did you try just using the IP as host part of the URL in Mozilla (e.g. http://161.114.22.111/go/hpux instead of http://www.hp.com/go/hpux)? If that works then your only issue is the DNS issue.

David

[Patrick Wallek]

It sounds like you need to set up your /etc/resolv.conf file with the address of the DNS server(s) of your ISP.

[Derek_81]

Thanks David and Patrick your advice has been very helpful! I can access websites via ip in address field, I then entered the DNS information in /etc/resolv.conf file and all is good.
Thanks so much for your time.

[Derek_81]

Thanks folks & hp!