BALA <BKUMARES.IN.ORACLE.COM.ofcmail@in.oracle.com> wrote:
> I have a netbsd system which is connected to the network through a serial link 
> and PPPd. The server is again a Netbsd machine. I'm able to connect to the 
> network 
> and browse the internet. 
>  
> 	My problem is, 
> 		name resolution is not taking place in my client. 
>  
> I have nameserver information in the /etc/resolv.conf file. My domainname is 
> set. 
>  
> But ypbind in the client doesn't run. It hangs(sending broadcast packets to 
> find a ypserver) 

This doesn't have anything to do with yp(bind/serv) running. If you've set
up your /etc/resolv.conf correctly, it should go out and as your nameserver
to resolve names, if it can reach the nameserver. You might try adding a line
"lookup file bind" to your /etc/resolv.conf.


> 	But through netscape I'm able to browse, and all I specify is name and 
> not ip's. 
>  
> With ping or telnet though I have to specify the ip's and name resolution 
> doesn't happen. 

This is most probably because you just forward the WWW-requests to a web proxy
which knows how to resolve names. 

BTW, you might want to have a look at
http://rfhs8012.fh-regensburg.de/~feyrer/NetBSD/NWF/nwf_toc.html.


Hubert

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Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@rz.uni-regensburg.de>