Queries for host command

[Barry Margolin]

In article <ef94d9$njj$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
 "ashish.sachan at gmail.com" <ashish.sachan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear All,
> I am new to DNS and trying the command , but getting following error,
> # host www.linuxhomenetworking.com
> ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
> # host 65.115.71.34
> ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
> 
> I am behind my institute's proxy ( 172.18.10.1 ) .....
> what should i do to run host command.....

Make sure the nameservers listed in /etc/resolv.conf are correct for 
your institute's network.  Talk to the IT department to find out the 
correct server addresses.

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Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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