> Hi!
> I've got a strange problem with resolving internet addresses on my
> 2.99.16/macppc system. There are sites I cannot reach from my machine,
> but I can reach from other machines on the same network and using the
> same router.
> So I think it is not a router-related problem. The sites I can't reach
> can be viewed from a 2.0/i386 machine and from other OSes too.

What does exactly means "can reach" and "cannot reach"?

> /etc/resolv.conf files are configured the same way on both machines. For
> example on macppc they fail with,
> # ping www.sgi.com
> PING www.sgi.com (192.48.159.40): 56 data bytes
> ping: sendto: Host is down
> ping: sendto: Host is down
> ping: sendto: Host is down
> # ping handhelds.org
> PING handhelds.org (192.58.209.90): 56 data bytes
> ping: sendto: Host is down
>

Seems to me that your resolver is working: it resolve the name into IP
correctly; and seems to me www.sgi.com doesn't respond to echo request
(but actually I do not remember if the response "Host is down" is
appropriate: I'll investigate);

> and so on... The only strange thing I see is that addresses are
> 192.??8.etc.etc, so they are similar... but this is the worst
> thing I have said in my life, I think :)
> What's going on?
> Thank you
> david
>