On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 08:11:31AM -0600, Gary wrote:
> hosts does not give resolution for static names, just IP addresses. Your
> windows / Linux LAN cannot ping by name, just IP address only, no
> aliases either. That is for DNS
I'm sorry, but this is just so totally, absolutely, flat-out wrong.
I'm at least glad we can catch this misconception early and set it
to rights. Please read the rest of the responses in this thread,
then go read up on the resolver routines. We'll be glad to clear up
any questions.
Cheers,
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Dave Ihnat
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