[Sussex] Gentoo Network Problems

[John D.]

Hi list,

I was following the instructions to do a stage 3 install without a 
network connection, as I wanted to initially use the binary GRP packages 
from "disc 2".

The problem is that some of my efforts to get stuff installed from the 
second disc are throwing up "Temporary loss of name resolution" type 
errors. Why that should be is a complete mystery. The packages are 
supposed to be on the disc!

It appears that I can ping Clares laptop plugged to the network, but any 
external sources are failing.

It seems that things look OK in the /etc/conf.d/net file (i.e. the IPs 
for the pc, netmask and gateway are all shown) and the /etc/resolv.conf 
is showing my ISP's nameserver (the only thing I'm a little confused 
about is the exact format i.e. is it capitialised word nameserver or 
lower case, is ther brackets round the numbers, are they quoted etc etc) 
looks OK AFAIK!

What do I need to look at next please ??

regards

John D.