On Thu, 2007-12-13 at 15:58 +1030, Tim wrote: > Tim: > >> 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. > > Aaron Konstam: > > 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. > > That depends on what you mean by "responding". dig, host, or nslookup > *can* fail on a machine researching its own address. > > -- > [tim@bigblack ~]$ uname -ipr > 2.6.23.1-10.fc7 i686 i386 > > Using FC 4, 5, 6 & 7, plus CentOS 5. Today, it's FC7. > > Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. > I read messages from the public lists. > We already determined that 192.168.1.6 is not the machine's address, > -- ======================================================================= Nothing is but what is not. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
