hi whats up??

i have a problem with whois on mmy debian box, every query i try its just writing- "No whois server is known for this kind of object" or "Timeout"

the querys are: whois "acme.net"@whois.crsnic.net
whois "name Acme Networks"@whois.networksolutions.com
whois"google.com"@whois.networksolutions.com

what can i do to resolve this problem ??

tnx