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[John Summerfied]

Paul Howarth wrote:
> 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?
> 
> 
> Simplest solution is to add entries for the machines you want to connect 
> to in /etc/hosts

Never do this where DHCP is involved.




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