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From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: I can only ping the gateway
Date: 2 Jun 1994 14:23:47 GMT
Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman  Montana
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In article <2sj7jv$dem@nwfocus.wa.com>,
Dallas R. Stafford <dallas@chinook.halcyon.com> wrote:
>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??

You either need to use static routing or make sure routed is configured
correctly.

This isn't a nameserver problem, but a routing problem.


Nate
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