[Nottingham] Network question - google unreachable?!

[Peter Chang]

On Sun, 29 Jul 2007, vanschoo at speakeasy.net wrote:
[...]
> Here are some commands I tried:
>
> :~ njv$ host www.google.co.uk
> ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached

> :~ njv$ host www.google.com
> www.google.com has address 216.239.59.99
> ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
> ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached

Sure smells like DNS problems. Try the "-v" flag with "host" to find out 
more. You should check your DNS settings (do you use DHCP?) on your 
cable/adsl/dial-up modem, wireless AP, etc.

hth
  Peter


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