[plug] setting up apt-get

[David Buddrige]

Hi all,

I am trying to install wu-ftpd onto a computer so that I can ftp files
back-and-forth on my home network.  When I try to apt-get update
however, this is what I get:


root at ross-desktop:~# apt-get update
Err http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security Release.gpg
  Temporary failure resolving 'security.ubuntu.com'
Err http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper Release.gpg
  Temporary failure resolving 'au.archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates Release.gpg
  Temporary failure resolving 'au.archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://au.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports Release.gpg
  Temporary failure resolving 'au.archive.ubuntu.com'
Failed to fetch
http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper/Release.gpg  Te mporary
failure resolving 'au.archive.ubuntu.com'
Failed to fetch
http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-updates/Release .gpg
Temporary failure resolving 'au.archive.ubuntu.com'
Failed to fetch
http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-backports/Relea se.gpg
Temporary failure resolving 'au.archive.ubuntu.com'
Failed to fetch
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-security/Release. gpg
Temporary failure resolving 'security.ubuntu.com'
Reading package lists... Done
W: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old
ones used  instead.
root at ross-desktop:~#


I can ping these websites as follows:
[david at main ~]$ ping au.archive.ubuntu.com
PING mirror.optus.net (211.29.132.173) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from mirror.optusnet.com.au (211.29.132.173): icmp_seq=0 ttl=55
time=216 ms
64 bytes from mirror.optusnet.com.au (211.29.132.173): icmp_seq=1 ttl=55
time=212 ms
64 bytes from mirror.optusnet.com.au (211.29.132.173): icmp_seq=2 ttl=55
time=206 ms

[david at main ~]$ ping security.ubuntu.com
PING security.ubuntu.com (91.189.88.31) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from leningradskaya.canonical.com (91.189.88.31): icmp_seq=0
ttl=45 time=499 ms
64 bytes from leningradskaya.canonical.com (91.189.88.31): icmp_seq=1
ttl=45 time=504 ms
64 bytes from leningradskaya.canonical.com (91.189.88.31): icmp_seq=2
ttl=45 time=498 ms


Does anyone know what might be the problem?

thanks heaps in advance guys,

David Buddrige


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