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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news.magicnet.net!magicnet.magicnet.net!kingkaos From: kingkaos@magicnet.net (Ben King) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: network question Date: 31 May 1997 23:20:31 GMT Organization: MagicNet, Inc. Lines: 37 Message-ID: <5mqbnv$at4$1@comet2.magicnet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: magicnet.magicnet.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41955 HI. I am running FreeBSD 2.2-RELEASE. I have a dual-homed sever. My ethernet card (ep0) in connected to my lan. My modem (tun0) is connected to my ISP. Here is some network info about my machine: % hostname gateway % % cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost # My FreeBSD box 192.168.0.1 gateway # My FreeBSD box 192.168.0.2 othermachine # another machine on my lan % % Heres my problem: When I run: % lynx http://localhost/ It works fine and loads my home page. When I run Netscape Navigator 3.01 in X11R6 and go to: http://localhost/ I get the error message of: Netscape is unable to locate the sever localhost The sever does not have a DNS entry. Why won't netscape check my /etc/hosts file FIRST then go to the DNS sever?? Any help will be appericated. Thanks. Please cc to my mailbox at kingkaos@magicnet.net KING KAOS