Thanks for all the responses. The original question was:
>
>I am having problems configuring and getting Netscape and Mosaic to
>run properly. I have both running on OSF/1 V3.0, Alpha 3000/600,
>USRobotics 28.8 modem, Netscape 1.0N, Mosaic 2.4, and a dial up line
>to our service provider.
>
>Now the problem. Once connected to the service provider, I am not
>able to go beyond that site to anywhere else. When I click on one of
>the links to another site, Netscape returns with:
>
>Unable to locate host and an ERROR message about the name server and
>SOCKS host.
>
>
As it turns out, my problems were all associated with BIND. I had not
ran setup and configured my local Alpha to a CLIENT or CACHE name
server. Therefore, hostnames were not getting resolved.
Simple, but a key part of the overall solution.
If you have additional questions, email me and I can go into more
detail or give me a call.
Tim Medlock tmedlock_at_srcchasn.com
Scientific Research Corporation
Charleston, SC
(803) 747-8766
Received on Tue Jul 18 1995 - 21:21:06 NZST