more DNS problems (F10)

[Veli-Pekka Kestilä]

Steven Stern wrote:
> OK. I don't understand this:
>
>   [sdstern at sds-desk ~]$ ping sstern.ccim.com
>   ping: unknown host sstern.ccim.com
>
> BUT
>
>   [sdstern at sds-desk ~]$ nslookup sstern.ccim.com
>   Server:		127.0.0.1
>   Address:	127.0.0.1#53
>
>   Non-authoritative answer:
>   Name:	sstern.ccim.com
>   Address: 12.40.135.219
>
> nslookup finds the right value, but ping reports unknown host.  I
> haven't changed any of my configuration files.
>   
What is in your /etc/resolv.conf ?
You could put localhost(127.0.0.1) as first entry in there. And maybe 
delete other nameserver entries as you have local dns-server.

Greetings,
Veli-Pekka