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What are you after? Post #1 does ping an IP address!

You can remove the dns in /etc/nsswitch.conf
Deleting /etc/resolv.conf has no effect.
BTW the host resolving has nothing to do with your ping problem. You pinged IP addresses - nothing to resolve.

The hosts: entry in /etc/nsswich.conf is the host resolution order.
file corresponds to /etc/hosts, and dns corresponds to /etc/resolv.conf
The commands nslookup and hosts bypass /etc/nsswitch.conf...

Your network or network connectivity is bad.
Are other destinations affected, too? Then check the cables first.