Cannot ping server name on remote side of WAN
ubergoonz
ubergoonz at gmail.com
Sat Dec 16 05:29:11 UTC 2006
check your resolv.conf search order?
On 12/16/06, Georges I. Carraha <CarrahaG at arubadigital.com> wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> We are running a network with Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4. The
> network ID is 192.168.0.x. The server IP address is 192.168.0.1.
>
> Two routers connect a remote site with Network ID 192.168.1.x.
>
> We have configured the DNS server and it seems to be working fine. On
> the local side of the network (Network ID 192.168.0.x) we can ping the
> server by using the server name or the FQDN. Both the following
> commands work.
>
> ping rs-svr1 (successful ping)
> ping rs-svr1.ruclaservices.local (successful
> ping)
>
>
> However, from the remote side we can not ping using the server name. We
> can only ping using the FQDN.
>
> ping rs-svr1 (unsuccessful ping)
> ping rs-svr1.ruclaservices.local (successful
> ping)
>
> Can anyone tell us why this is the case and how we can not correct it?
>
>
> Regards,
> Georges Carraha
> mailto:CarrahaG at arubadigital.com
> Aruba Digital Systems N.V.
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>
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