When I set up a box as a name server here in my home network , and I set
up my /etc/resolv.conf to point to it , I cant telnet to any of my
internal machines by IP or name even though they are listed in the hosts
file . If I connect my router to the internet then all my local network
runs well, I can telnet by IP and Hostname as well . I f I move my local
/etc/resolv.conf to something else while not connected I can then
telnet  and do normal stuff internally. how is this name server
interfering with my local host resolution ?

when I do an nslookup I get the following from my workstation machine.


# nslookup www.yahoo.com
*** Can't find server name for address 192.168.0.4: Non-existent
host/domain
*** Default servers are not available

but  Its funny , I can surf the web .... ping external addresses and
everything .. whats up ?

Cheers.

Tony Hernandez