netbsd-help: What's wrong with this setup?

Subject: What's wrong with this setup?
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Richard Rauch <rauch@rice.edu>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 12/03/2001 15:00:21

Rather than drop ~80ドル or so on a router, I thought that I'd get acheap
second NIC for an old computer and have it manage my DSL modem for me.
The system seems to configure the card okay, and (perhaps a bit foolishly)
I upgraded the OS to 1.5.2 (from a 1.5_ALPHA), wiping its old config.
Now I've got some problems with the new system:
 (a) It doesn't seem to consult /etc/hosts anymore. Instead, when it
 has to resolve a name, it just bails out with a lookup failure.
 What might I have done (or failed to do) to cause this?
 (b) If I use the IP number directly, I get messages about no route
 to host. I assume that this isn't simply because of the extra
 network interface.
I assume that both problems are caused by simple, basic problems. My
network configuration experience is quite limited. (^& But, I've had my
ethernet LAN working before, so I'm exasperated that it suddenly stopped.
 ``I probably don't know what I'm talking about.'' --rauch@math.rice.edu