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
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Howarth" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
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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