Re: 'looking up xxxx' forever

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

Wayne wrote:
> Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> > Wayne wrote:
> > > Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I have a dialup modem.
> O
> <--- SNIP --->
> > They work now because I can 'dig www.google.com' and get 216.239.32.10 
> > and then 'host 216.239.32.10' and get
> >
> > Name: ns1.google.com
> > Address: 216.239.32.10
> >
> > How did you get Montevideo UY and Mexico for the nameservers?
> > >>>
> > > > Pppconfig configured the connection with 'nameservers dynamic'.
> > > >
> > > > /etc/ppp/resolv.conf always contains:
> > > >
> > > > nameserver 148.240.118.40
> > > > nameserver 189.209.208.181
> > >
> > > Don't know.  Have you contacted your ISP to see of they are correct?
> > > DNS servers are usually under the  ISP's address range.
> > >
> > > They look strange to me as the first one is in Montevideo UY and the 
> > > next is in Mexico.  But I do not know how they do DNS in SA
> whois 148.240.118.40
>
> whois 189.209.208.181

Yup. Thanks
But that's what they are.

Hugo