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Greeting,
Thanks to all those who have helped me get my first
Linux system up and running these last few days. I finally got X up and running
today, and after seeing WindowMaker, I doubt I'll ever have a need for Microsoft
again. However...I have one last problem to tackle: I cant seem to access
anything on the internet using hostnames. I know the network card is working
alright because I can use ftp and ping and such to reach other machines if I use
the IP address, but when I try something like ftp://dtp.debian.org I get a hostname not found
error.
My home configuration is such that I have one of
those Linksys EtherFast cable routers tied to one of my machines and to the
cable line. I also know that it is configured as a DHCP server, and that under
MS Windows I must disable DNS. Might I have to configure somesort of DHCP daemon
or something to get my Linux box to be able to respond to
hostnames?
All previous and future help is greatly
appreciated.
Best Regards,
Steve
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