On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 03:00:21PM -0600, Richard Rauch wrote:
> Rather than drop ~$80 or so on a router, I thought that I'd get acheap
> second NIC for an old computer and have it manage my DSL modem for me.
> 
> The system seems to configure the card okay, and (perhaps a bit foolishly)
> I upgraded the OS to 1.5.2 (from a 1.5_ALPHA), wiping its old config.
> 
> Now I've got some problems with the new system:
> 
>  (a) It doesn't seem to consult /etc/hosts anymore.  Instead, when it
>      has to resolve a name, it just bails out with a lookup failure.
>      What might I have done (or failed to do) to cause this?

Check /etc/nsswitch.conf

> 
>  (b) If I use the IP number directly, I get messages about no route
>      to host.  I assume that this isn't simply because of the extra
>      network interface.
> 
> I assume that both problems are caused by simple, basic problems.  My
> network configuration experience is quite limited.  (^&  But, I've had my
> ethernet LAN working before, so I'm exasperated that it suddenly stopped.

Did you check that both interfaces exist in 'ifconfig -a', and are up and
configured ?

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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