resolution

[Mark Haney]

Chris Norman wrote:
> But what do I put in /etc/hosts?
>
> The name server's already set up.
>   

Obviously the name server is not setup for that name/ip combo.  The 
/etc/hosts file has a good set of samples for you to look at, but in 
case you can't figure it out:

<ip address>   name of machine  
> Cheers,
>
> Chris Norman
> <!-- chris.norman4 at ntlworld.com -->
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Paul Howarth" <paul at city-fan.org>
> To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 10:50 AM
> Subject: Re: resolution
>
>
> Chris Norman wrote:
>   
>> Hi people,
>> On my FC4 box, when I type ping 192.168.0.1 I get the IP and then the same
>> IP again in brackets after it, whereas if I ping a computer name I just 
>> get
>> "Unknown host" all the time.
>>
>> Is there any setting where I can have the name resolved to the IP and visa
>> verser please?
>>     
>
> Simplest solution is to add entries for the machines you want to connect
> to in /etc/hosts
>
> Best solution is to run a nameserver somewhere on your network and have
> all your machines use that. The type of nameserver would probably depend
> on the type of network you have. If it's a work network, I'd have a
> "bind" or equivalent nameserver running on one of the boxes. If it's a
> home network with an ADSL router, the router might provide a DNS server
> built-in...
>
> Paul.
>
>   


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Mark Haney
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