[CentOS] DNS resolve.conf not working

> Then find out why 192.168.1.4 doesn't answer you. 
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> Or throw that IP address out of your resolv.conf.
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> Ralph
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That is kind of the point.  It doesn't matter which dns servers I query 
with my 4.4 boxes they will not resolve but these same dns servers 
resolve queries for my other boxes.  The problem only occurs with the 
4.4 upgraded boxes and only since they were upgraded to 4.4:

[root at ftp ~]# host www.centos.org 192.168.1.4
[root at ftp ~]# host www.centos.org 65.106.1.196
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
[root at ftp ~]# host www.centos.org 65.106.7.196
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
[root at ftp ~]# host www.centos.org 66.81.0.251
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
[root at ftp ~]# host www.centos.org 66.81.0.252
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
[root at ftp ~]#