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  From: Don Priv <sysdon@spf15.jorn.gov.au>
  To  : linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au
  Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 09:09:52 +0930

Unable to hang ten!!?? :-(

Hello all,
I'm trying reeeeal hard to move from the Big Bug (M$ W95) to Linux - RH4.0 but having a few glitches (time restrictions being the main offender).
The problem I'm having at the moment is that I can successfully dial into my ISP O.K. and can ftp, ssh and telnet, but can't surf.  I've got Netscrape Navigator 3 (netscape 4-Communicator is too big and too flaky for my liking) but I always get "Unable to find DNS entry" when I fire it up.  It is refering to the proxy address of the ISP as well as the home page on my ISP server I've set for it.  Here are my real queries:

1) Is there a particular daemon(s) I need to have running?  I removed a few from the startup sequence and might have removed one that is needed!?!? 

2) Could it be my local IP address setup?  I'm running a local network at home with this box using 10.0.0.x for it and the Win'95 and WFW3.11 boxes.

3) What else could it be????

I intend purchasing RH 4.2 in the near future and I'm sure that installing it will 'fix' the problem but I'd rather understand what the *^&(%^$ is going on so I can learn to administer a Linux system correctly and set things up for others if necessary in the future.

I humbly beseech thy assistance oh gurus of the Computer New Age   :)
don.

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Don Collins - dcollins@spf15.jorn.gov.au

If it don't fit, get a bigger hammer!  8-0