Re: problem with dns/network
"Monique Y. Herman" <spam@bounceswoosh.org> wrote in message news:<1eTGQ-7xb-1@gated-at.bofh.it>...
> On 2004-01-17, enantiomer penned:
> > "Monique Y. Herman" <spam@bounceswoosh.org> wrote in message
> > news:<1eEI0-23J-27@gated-at.bofh.it>...
> >> On 2004-01-15, enantiomer penned:
> >> >
> >> > ----------------------resolv.conf
> >> > ------------------------------------ search eggnog nameserver
> >> > 204.127.198.4 -----------------------end
> >> > resolv.conf---------------------------------
> >> >
> >> > As I understand it, search represents the local domain.. i couldn't
> >> > remember if that was what I named my local domain or not... is
> >> > there a way to check this? Also, the nameserver is the same one
> >> > that I use for my other linux machine, which works just fine. BTW,
> >> > the machine that isn't working well is a laptop with a pcmcia
> >> > network card, if that is relevant? I'm totally in the dark when it
> >> > comes to linux networking configurations. Anyone see anything wrong
> >> > of have any advise? Thanks a million, Jon
> >> >
> >>
> >> What is eggnog? A machine name?
> > I believe that eggnog is the nonsense name that I gave as the name of
> > my domain, although I am not absolutely certain (is there anyway to
> > see what I have listed as my domain?). the network configuration tool
> > put it in automatically i think. I tried taking it out and it didn't
> > do anything, so I don't think that it is the issue... I am using
> > mozilla 1.0 currently, could that be part of the problem? I really
> > don't know what could be causing these delays. Well, thanks.
> > Enantiomer btw, thanks for the info on how search works.
>
> I'm not sure, then, either =/
>
> --
> monique
I found the problem. It wasn't related to linux at all. The ethernet
cable that I was using had problems. when I plugged in a new cable, i
got 0 packet loss and fast webpage loading. Thanks for advise
anyways,
Enantiomer
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