From: Wyss Clemens Date: 2001-02-20T00:40:44+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:11108] Re: TCPSocket.open() lasts 2 minutes (was: rwiki *hangs* in send()) In [ruby-talk:11106] Re: TCPSocket.open() lasts 2 minutes (was:rwiki *hangs* in send()) Guy suggests: > > > Verify that you don't have a problem with your DNS, see the file > /etc/host.conf (resolver configuration file) or similar > ... 'ping www.ruby-lang-org' works properly,BUT 'dnsquery www.ruby-lang.org' results in "Query failed (h_errno = 2) : Host name lookup failure2" Clemens