Re: computer name on a LAN

[Sam Varshavchik <mrsam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael Klinosky writes:

> I have a 4-port router/dsl modem, and 4 machines connected. All of my 
> linux units have F7. All of the machines have names (set in 
> System>Admin>Network, in 'DNS'). E.g. d500.localdomain
>
> I'm trying to learn rsync. However, I decided that learning a less 
> complex program would ease the learning curve. So I'm working with rcp.
>
> LQ has a small tutorial at   http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Rcp
> which states that I can give the computer name. However, it doesn't work:
> [mpk@d500 documents]$ rcp info 5bw130:
> 5bw130: Unknown host
>
> I also tried with its lan ip:
> [mpk@d500 documents]$ rcp info 10.0.0.6:
> 10.0.0.6: No route to host
>
> What's going on here?

1) You do not have DNS or /etc/hosts set up

2) You do not have routing set up correctly, most likely due to incorrect 
network interface configuration. Check your network interface's subnet mask.

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