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- From: m.hendry@dial.pipex.com (Mathew Hendry)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: Installing TCP/IP
- Date: Sat, 2 Mar 96 20:11:56
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- mikesny@delphi.com wrote:
- : I was able to complete installing of AMINET & AMOSIAC. The problemI have is
- : after I dial in to my service provider. When I enter in a URL address
- : any address I enter comes back with a message that it can not be found.
- : I have gone over the configuration files, and everthing looks correct,
- : even re-installin it. What could be wrong ? Any ideas anyone ? MIKE
-
- By "AMINET" I assume you mean AmiTCP. Anyway, the problem here would seem to
- be that you haven't given AmiTCP the address of your ISP's nameserver, which
- takes alphanumeric addresses (e.g. aminet.com) and translates them into
- 32 bit numeric internet addresses (e.g. 198.70.64.21 for aminet.com).
- Nameserver addresses are specified in the file "AmiTCP:db/resolv.conf". Mine
- contains, for example:
-
- --- CUT ---
-
- # AmiTCP resolv.conf file
-
- NAMESERVER 193.128.6.134
-
- # (you may specify more than one nameserver)
-
- --- CUT ---
-
- Contact your provider to obtain your nameserver's address - it should really
- have been supplied to you when you registered with them. If it doesn't work
- even with a nameserver specified, either the nameserver in question is
- munged / incomplete or your provider has given you the wrong address. Either
- way, pester them about it.
-
- -- Mat.
-