On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 14:04 -0500, Chasecreek Systemhouse wrote: > On 1/17/06, Chris Norman <cnorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Is this a DHCP system or did you plumb it up yourself? > > > > DHCP. > > OK =) If your DNS/DHCP server support ddns then the system should > have a name for that IP address; but maybe the reverse didn't get set > -- so you get nothing when you ask for resolution. > > Best bet is to just leave things as they are and do nothing. > Otherwise, if you need resolution then ask your DNS/DHCP admin to > plumb up the reverse names in their DNS server. > > Most schools do not set reverses because the lease on the IP will > expire and the names will become meaningless. > > If you are inside a small work group and want to name those peers just > edit the /etc/hosts file of each system as others have suggested. > Search for /etc/hosts examples on the Internet if all else fails. > > My /etc/hosts looks like this: > 127.0.0.1 imac.ccsh.us imac localhost.localdomain localhost > This kind of line will never connect using anything other than the localhost loopback IP. I always verify that my hostname is on another line with the real IP address. > (Note that imac.ccsh.us does not exist on the Real Internet. I use > this system to test things before deploying them to the actual public > Internet.) > > > And all is well for localhost development. > > HTH/Bill > -- > WC -Sx- Jones | http://ccsh.us/ | Open Source Consulting >
