Steve Spiller([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > I'm not a complete Linux novice, but I'm beating my head against a wall. > > I have 2 systems with Sarge installed. I connect through a standard Hub, > onto a Windows Domain (PDC & BDC are Win2k Server) with 2 Redhat DNS > servers and then out to the Internet through a Smoothwall Firewall on a 2Mb > Cable connection. > > My problem is this - I can browse via SMB4K the Windows Domain (haven't > tried the CLI SaMBa client yet), and I can happily ping using IP addresses > and/or names from other systems on the network (a mix of Mandrake, Redhat > and Windows XP). However, the two Sarge boxes cannot ping each other or > other systems by name, only by IP address (local net range 192.168.0.x). I > can ping external (Internet) hosts using their names &/or IP address. >
/etc/hosts IP.Number host.by.name alias If your hosts file is setup correctly the 'order hosts' in /etc/host.conf should allow you to ping by name. Not sure about the resolv.conf. I recall that only 2 IP's are read, but I may be wrong about that. I's try nameserver 192.168.0.1 nameserver 10.1.1.10 to see if that helps. :-) HTH, YMMV, HAND :-) Wayne -- Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will use it. _______________________________________________________ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
