Internet Connection Problem - DNS Related?

[Robert Huff]

linux quest writes:

>  abc# ping google.com
>  ping: cannot resolve google.com: Host name lookup failure
>  
>  Then, I thought perhaps I haven't configure my DNS.

	A reasonable guess.

>										So I typed
>  man dns, but I can't find the DNS manual, and yes... I know my
>  ISP DNS IP address. But I don't know where to configure it in
>  FreeBSD. 

	The magic name you're looking for is "named".  The
configuration files are usually someplace like /etc/named, and it's
activated by settings in /etc/rc.conf.  Check also /etc/resolv.conf
and /etc/hosts.


					Robert Huff