Re: Newbie Basic Networking. Using Hostnames

2008-05-08 Thread NN_il_Confusionario
On Fri, May 09, 2008 at 01:04:45AM +, Oscar Corte wrote: >I'm able to ping each machine from each other but by its IP address. > However, I don't get any results if I ping by the use of host names. > What am I missing? a definition of the two "ip fqdn name" lines in /etc/hosts on both machi

Re: Newbie Basic Networking. Using Hostnames

2008-05-08 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, May 09, 2008 at 01:04:45AM +, Oscar Corte wrote: > > I recently installed Debian at two home PC?s. Both are connected to an > ADSL modem through which Internet is accessed. > > All network configurations were made by Debian at installation time. > I?m able to ping each machine from e

Newbie Basic Networking. Using Hostnames

2008-05-08 Thread Oscar Corte
I recently installed Debian at two home PC’s. Both are connected to an ADSL modem through which Internet is accessed. All network configurations were made by Debian at installation time. I’m able to ping each machine from each other but by its IP address. However, I don't get any results if I