Topic: nameserver when you can't dig a url

[mike_mattos]

Recently a client got a new IP address from a new block of IP's at the ISP

Since then cannot access telus.com , a major phone company, via email or browser!

'dig a telus.com' times out, as does a ping!.

at my office, dig  reports

;; ANSWER SECTION:

telus.com.              600     IN      A       205.206.163.40

Can I store 205.206.163.40 somewhere in a host or config file to solve the problem?

thx

[mrjhb3]

Try putting it in the /etc/hosts file.

JB

[mike_mattos]

I tried that, ( didn't do the template, just the current file ), added the url with & without www.


only change was that instead of timing out 'name not found', it timed out with the xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx ip not found!