Les Mikesell wrote: > Scott Silva wrote: >> Bob Goodwin spake the following on 3/20/2007 3:22 PM: >>> I've just installed Centos 4.4 on a computer, replacing FC6, and the >>> first thing I find is that DNS does not work no matter what I have in >>> /etc/resolv.conf. It should at least work with my ISP's assigned >>> server >>> but doesn't. Numerical URL's work via the browser and ping. Is there >>> something else I need to attend to? >>> >>> I hope this is the right list for such questions. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Bob Goodwin > >> Named isn't started by default, even if you install caching-nameserver. > > Named doesn't need to be running if your /etc/resolv.conf points > elsewhere. Do you have firewalls blocking port 53? > > 'dig' is usually a reasonable diagnostic tool. > I tried disabling the firewall, still nothing. dig just reports "connection timed out; no servers could be reached" Bob