Wget error

Question

Hi:
I am getting following error:
[root~]# wget http://public-yum.oracle.com/public-yum-ol6.repo
--2013-06-03 08:49:44-- http://public-yum.oracle.com/public-yum-ol6.repo
Resolving public-yum.oracle.com... failed: Temporary failure in name resolution.
wget: unable to resolve host address “public-yum.oracle.com”
[root~]#
I tried all that is posted on internet but in vain.
While installing Oracle Linux 6, I skipped the network configuration step. Not sure if this is the error.
Internet is not working on this OEL 6 on vmware on windows7. However, Internet is working fine using the same wireless connection on Windows 7.
Please help me fix this ASAP.
Regards n thanks!
SAmiullah

Answer 1

Hi Dude:
Thanks for the initial insight into the problem but it is still there. I followed your guidelines and then ran wget still the same error:
[root@ yum.repos.d]# ifconfig eth0 up
[root@ yum.repos.d]# service network restart
Shutting down interface eth0: [  OK  ]
Shutting down loopback interface: [  OK  ]
Bringing up loopback interface: [  OK  ]
[root@ yum.repos.d]# vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
[root@ yum.repos.d]# ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:480 (480.0 b) TX bytes:480 (480.0 b)
[root@ yum.repos.d]#
[root@ yum.repos.d]# wget http://public-yum.oracle.com/public-yum-ol6.repo
--2013-06-04 05:23:24-- http://public-yum.oracle.com/public-yum-ol6.repo
Resolving public-yum.oracle.com... failed: Temporary failure in name resolution.
wget: unable to resolve host address “public-yum.oracle.com”
[root@ yum.repos.d]#
From the ifconfig output above its clear that eth0 is not detected. Well, I am on a wireless network and it set to be detected automatically. Its quite strange that I was able to access the yum repository in RHEL6.4 but in OEL6 its not working. I had not done anything specific for RHEL64.
This is my /etc/resolv.conf entry
# Generated by NetworkManager
search com
# No nameservers found; try putting DNS servers into your
# ifcfg files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts like so:
# DNS1=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
# DNS2=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
# DOMAIN=lab.foo.com bar.foo.com
If I have to specify a DNS which IP should I use? the one from LAN Adapter Wireless Network IP (output of ipconfig in MSDOS on Windows 7 on which VMware in which OEL6 is installed) or VMNet1/VMNet8 IP?
Please advise.
Thanks n regards,
Samiullah