Re: Name resolution

[Kevin Colby <kevinc grainsystems com>]

Jim Reynolds wrote:
> 
> Hi Everone,
> 
> I have a server with RH 5.2 installed on it and 2 windozs boxes hooked
> to it.  I can ping any box from another by number but not by name. The
> same is for telnet.
> 
> This is my host file:
> 
> 127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain   localhost
> 192.168.1.254   server.reynolds.com     server
> 192.168.1.1     up.reynolds.com         up
> 192.168.1.2     down.reynolds.com       down
> 
> What am I overlooking here?

Sorry, but I want to get some things straight first.

This is /etc/hosts on the Linux box, correct?
Is this file also on the Windows boxes?
You can't ping by name from any of these machines or only some?
You aren't trying to use DNS, just hosts files, right?

	- Kevin Colby
	  kevinc grainsystems com