On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 20:37 +0000, Chris Jones wrote: > [root@bilbo ~]# ifconfig eth0 > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:EA:8C:2E:52 > inet addr:192.168.0.3 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Okay, this shows your own interface is apparently working. > [root@bilbo ~]# ping -c4 192.168.0.3 > PING 192.168.0.3 (192.168.0.3) 56(84) bytes of data. > 64 bytes from 192.168.0.3: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.069 ms Pinging itself shows internally to the same PC that its network is working. (It probably doesn't really ping the hardware - some will, some won't.) > - --- 192.168.0.3 ping statistics --- > 4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3003ms > rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.054/0.058/0.069/0.011 ms, pipe 2 > [root@bilbo ~]# ping -c4 bilbo > ping: unknown host bilbo This is most likely because you're trying to use some DNS server that knows nothing about your names. Your router probably doesn't know what machine names go with what IPs, some don't have a DNS server that works that way. > My /etc/hosts shows: > # Do not remove the following line, or various programs > # that require network functionality will fail. > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > 192.168.0.3 bilbo.stow-jones.local bilbo > 192.168.0.2 gandalf.stow-jones.local gandalf > 192.168.0.5 frodo.stow-jones.local frodo This looks fine. > The last three entries are for the PC's on the network. > > /etc/resolv.conf shows: > nameserver 192.168.0.1 > nameserver 212.23.3.100 > nameserver 212.23.6.100 > search stow-jones.local > # generated by NetworkManager, do not edit! > > The first line refers to my router, the other two nameservers are my > ISP's. Your ISP's aren't going to resolve local names, and the router mightn't either, unless specifically programmed to. Does your /etc/nsswitch.conf file have a line in it like this? (Below.) And no other conflicting "hosts: " lines? hosts: files dns If so, then the machine should first check the hosts file for some network resolution issues. However, some things like dig will never look at the hosts file. > When I check the status of the named service, I get the following: > [root@bilbo ~]# service named status > rndc: couldn't get address for 'localhost': not found > [root@bilbo ~]# Now that's weird. What happens when you ping localhost, localhost.localdomain, and 127.0.0.1? -- Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
