-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Tim wrote: >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 > Yes. It does indeed. >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? > The ping commands return the following:- [root@bilbo audit]# ping -c4 localhost.localdomain PING localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.059 ms 64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.055 ms 64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.053 ms 64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.056 ms - --- localhost.localdomain ping statistics --- 4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3000ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.053/0.055/0.059/0.009 ms, pipe 2 [root@bilbo audit]# ping -c4 localhost ping: unknown host localhost [root@bilbo audit]# ping -c4 127.0.0.17 PING 127.0.0.17 (127.0.0.17) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 127.0.0.17: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.065 ms 64 bytes from 127.0.0.17: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.052 ms 64 bytes from 127.0.0.17: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.056 ms 64 bytes from 127.0.0.17: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.056 ms - --- 127.0.0.17 ping statistics --- 4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3012ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.052/0.057/0.065/0.007 ms, pipe 2 [root@bilbo audit]# - -- Somewhere in DOWNTOWN BURBANK a prostitute is OVERCOOKING a LAMB CHOP!! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFD0kPNZJbxzczKArcRAppVAJ9QKiB9+yv/ncRB1Zw2L1B8s8/WeQCffUPS bm3rH62kdXqUTaXTKrtLVMs= =vRJr -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
