On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 14:49 -0700, David Gehrt wrote: > > I have two machines on a home network: > > cyrus - wireless > > saturn - wired > > > > On cyrus : ping saturn and host saturn both fail saying saturn can't > > be > > found. However, ssh saturn works. > > > > On saturn: ping cyrus works but host cyrus fails. > > ssh cyrus, works > > > > I don't use iptables. Any explanations for this behavior? > > > > Errors are like: > > ** server can't find saturn: NXDOMAIN > > > > I suspect that some things use the local /etc/host bu others do not. > > Have you checked the configuration on the wireless access point or > router? My Linksys router has a firewall built into it. I have not > modified its settings and it blocks inbound ICMP. > > dlg > > <snip> > > This should've gone out ~5 hours ago. I Hope there is still a chance it > might be useful.. > > dlg Actually the problem was in the falsity of the statement that I don't use iptables. iptables (on saturn, the f8 machine) was on by default . So I turned it off , ping saturn worked. host not working is a DHCP thing. Thanks for the responses. -- ======================================================================= If our behavior is strict, we do not need fun! ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list