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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!uknet!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak!brian From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: I can only ping the gateway Date: 4 Jun 94 05:52:52 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 14 Distribution: usa Message-ID: <BRIAN.94Jun4055252@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> References: <2sj7jv$dem@nwfocus.wa.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk In-reply-to: dallas@chinook.halcyon.com's message of 2 Jun 1994 00:03:11 GMT In article <2sj7jv$dem@nwfocus.wa.com> dallas@chinook.halcyon.com (Dallas R. Stafford) writes: My file resolv.conf lists a valid nameserver but I cannot ping outside the gateway. what files are important to the nameserver with only one gateway?? any help will be greatly appreciated. Have your got a `domain mydomain' line in resolv.conf ? Is your netmask too small (making all requests drop the bit of the address that's masked) ? -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....