vm072:/etc/apt# sudo apt-get update
Err http://ftp.nl.debian.org squeeze Release.gpg
  Could not resolve 'ftp.nl.debian.org'
Err http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/main Translation-en
  Could not resolve 'ftp.nl.debian.org'
Err http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/main Translation-en_GB
  Could not resolve 'ftp.nl.debian.org'
Reading package lists... Done
W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/Release.gpg  Could not resolve 'ftp.nl.debian.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/main/i18n/Translation-en.lzma  Could not resolve 'ftp.nl.debian.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/main/i18n/Translation-en_GB.lzma  Could not resolve 'ftp.nl.debian.org'

W: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
vm072:/etc/apt# host ftp.nl.debian.org
ftp.nl.debian.org has address 130.89.149.21
ftp.nl.debian.org has IPv6 address 2001:610:1908:a000::149:21
vm072:/etc/apt# wget http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/Release.gpg
--2011-05-20 13:42:28--  http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/Release.gpg
Resolving ftp.nl.debian.org... failed: Name or service not known.
wget: unable to resolve
vm072:/etc/apt# cat /etc/resolv.conf 
search contextshift.co.uk
#nameserver 81.171.101.4
nameserver 81.171.102.14
nameserver 85.13.255.253
nameserver 83.151.30.101
 host address `ftp.nl.debian.org'