10.5 Changing the Primary Name Server

10.6 When a Domain Name Server is Unreachable

When the domain name server is unreachable, a ping will hang for some time before returning an error message. The domain name server at 9.3.1.121 is currently not available, and it takes more than five minutes before the error message is returned:

# ping 9.3.1.121
PING 9.3.1.121: (9.3.1.121): 56 data bytes
^C
----9.3.1.121 PING Statistics----
3 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
# date +%H:%M:%S
16:20:10
# ping sv1166f
0821-062 ping: host name sv1166f NOT FOUND
# date +%H:%M:%S
16:25:16

10.7 The /etc/netsvc.conf File