Re: pinging a domain name

[Mark Wagnon <mwagnon1@home.com>]

pplaw wrote:
> 
> debs,
> 
> through pon (config'd with pppconfig), i can ping my isp's addy
> (207.76.102.251), but i can't ping the domain (www.pcisys.net) (or any
> other domain, including www.debian.org).  therefore, i can't have a
> successful apt with dselect.
> 
> how do i config linux to connect to domain names and not just to ip
> addy's.
> 

Sounds like you don't have any dns stuff going. put your dns
addresses in the /etc/resolv.conf file and see if that helps.
-- 
Mark Wagnon
Chula Vista, CA
mwagnon1@home.com