On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 21:39 +1030, Tim wrote: > On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 10:13 +0000, Jonathan Allen wrote: > > On the offending machine itself ... > > > > [root@test ~]# host 192.168.1.6 > > host: '6.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa.' is not a legal name (unexpected end of input) > > [root@test ~]# nslookup 192.168.1.6 > > nslookup: '6.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa.' is not a legal name (unexpected end of input) > > > > On the main server in the local network: > > > > [root@mirror lists]# host 192.168.1.6 > > Host 6.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) > > [root@mirror lists]# nslookup 192.168.1.6 > > Server: 158.152.1.58 > > Address: 158.152.1.58#53 > > > > ** server can't find 6.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa: NXDOMAIN > > > > So that does seem to rule out the address beiny anywhere in use on the > > local network, doesn't it? > > No, it's the same as I wrote regarding the dig results. That just means > that nobody has an answer for that IP being associated with a domain > name. > > I can plug a box into my network, give it the IP 192.168.1.6, but not > bother to put any entries for it on the DNS server nor any hosts file. > It'll still be useable on the network, but no other machine will be able > to dig, host, or nslookup, it. And it won't be able to do some of those > checks on itself. Being able to ping it would depend on its > configuration. What you are saying is true except the machine should respond to its own ip address. It is certainly responding when he tries to set up the network. > > You'd want to try other means to determine if there is something using > that address on the network. e.g. Play with the arp command. > > Did you try the other test I mentioned? Trying to get it to accept > using that IP while it's not connected to your LAN? Of course there's a > chance that it mightn't let you set an IP while there's no network > cabled to it, you could work around that by connecting to just one other > thing, something you're certain isn't the cause of the 192.168.1.6 > issue. > > -- > (This computer runs FC7, my others run FC4, FC5 & FC6, in case that's > important to the thread.) > > Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. > I read messages from the public lists. > -- ======================================================================= "To vacillate or not to vacillate, that is the question ... or is it?" ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
