resolution

[Mark Haney]

Chris Norman wrote:
> Hi people,
> On my FC4 box, when I type ping 192.168.0.1 I get the IP and then the same 
> IP again in brackets after it, whereas if I ping a computer name I just get 
> "Unknown host" all the time.
>
> Is there any setting where I can have the name resolved to the IP and visa 
> verser please?
This is a DNS issue.  Are you connected to a network?  If so, do you 
have /etc/resolv.conf setup to point to that DNS server?  Another option 
is to put the computer name and IP address in /etc/hosts.


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Mark Haney
Sr. Systems Administrator
ERC Broadband
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