Re: [SLE] Wierd internet "unknown host" problem

From: Anders Johansson (andjoh_at_rydsbo.net)
Date: 10/14/04

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 00:51:33 +0200

    On Wednesday, 13 October 2004 22.26, Andy Prough wrote:
    > I am running 9.1 on my wife's laptop on a LAN at home, where all the
    > computers are connected to the internet through a firewall running Devil
    > Linux on CD, and we are using the local high speed cable company for
    > internet access. All the other computers in the house are accessing all
    > sites on the internet fine, but hers has suddenly stopped accessing
    > anything but a few sites, such as yahoo and google. For instance, if she
    > tries to download her email, or access our bank's website, or just about
    > any other website, I get a "unknown host" message.
    >
    > When I ping these websites from her laptop, including her email's
    > pop-server, I get an unknown host message. However, if I go directly to
    > www.yahoo.com, or www.google.com, I get good, fast responsive interaction,
    > and I am able to do web searches, etc... However, if I click on any of the
    > links that come up, I once again get an "unknown host" message.
    >
    > I have checked my network settings on this computer, and they are the same
    > as on my systems that are working fine. Also, this computer was working
    > fine with these settings for about the past 6 months prior to this strange
    > phenomenon.
    >
    > I have gotten Linux systems, especially Suse, on the internet with a great
    > deal of success the past 3 years, and this is the first time I have run
    > into this type of problem. I really have no idea where to begin.

    Since you can get to yahoo I'll assume the internet connection is basically
    working, so try to ping the DNS IP address (making sure you use the same DNS
    that you know works from the other systems) 

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