> 
> Hello-
> 
> I've tried and tried- now I gotta ask...
> 
> I can't get my MacBSD box to resolve addresses.  I can resolve addresses
> under the MacOS without problem.  I can communicate in and out of the
> MacBSD OS fine- I can telnet in and I can FTP out using numerical
> addressing. (I haven't ried telnetting out but I have no reason to believe
> that it wouldn't work.)
> 
> I've configured /etc/resolv.conf with the same numerical addresses I use
> with MacTCP.  The box isn't right in front of me so I will have to put in
> some dummy numbers, but this is what /etc/resolv.conf looks like:
> 
> search chimacum.wednet.edu

I think that's the problem. chimacum.wednet.edu is a host. This line
should have a domain name in it. Maybe just wednet.edu would work?

> nameserver   <numerical address>
> nameserver   <numerical address>
> nameserver   <numerical address>
> 
> 
> In reading my Unix Admin. book (the one suggested in the FAQ- the one with
> funny little comments sprinkled in the text), it suggested that resolving
> needs to be turned "on" some way.  There was no specific example for
> "vanilla" BSD and mentioned tools such as nslookup and dig which I don't
> have on my system, so I have to fall back on the list.

I think just having resolv.conf "turns it on."

Take care,

Bill