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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>hi </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have defined </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>search localhost in /etc/resolv.conf </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>cat /etc/resolv.conf</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>search localhost</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>i did not define any nameserver ip address in this
file</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>i have given the gw ip from where the internet can
be reached</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>no dns is running in gateway. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>no dns service is running on the PC</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>no bind packages are installed on pc</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>but still if i ping to some domain like
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>ping <A
href="http://www.google.com">www.google.com</A> it resolves and displayes icmp
replies.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>i dont know from where this name resolution is
taking place </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>please help on this what happens
exactly.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,<BR>Gopinath M<BR>Signal Networks Pvt.
Ltd.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><BR>Smile... it increases your face
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