And vice versa. Some DNS servers don't allow pings (or ICMP traffic) but *do* (obviously) allow DNS traffic via TCP (transfers) or UDP (queries)... Using a NS query tool (like host, dig or nslookup) is a good idea, like Jeff suggests. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Rasmussen" <jeff.rasmussen at gmail.com> To: "TCLUG Mailing List" <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 12:16 PM Subject: Re: [TCLUG] DNS woes continue > Can you ping all of the DNS servers (209.46.63.1)? You might have a > firewall issue if you can ping but not resolve names. > > The host program allows you to resolve DNS names using any DNS server you > want. > > Usage: host DNS.name.to.lookup DNS.server.to.use > > > -- > Jeff Rasmussen > GPG public key 0x9686C12F > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org > Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list