resolution

Jeff Vian jvian10 at charter.net
Wed Jan 18 02:23:55 UTC 2006


On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 14:04 -0500, Chasecreek Systemhouse wrote:
> On 1/17/06, Chris Norman <cnorman at rnibncw.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> > Is this a DHCP system or did you plumb it up yourself?
> >
> > DHCP.
> 
> OK =)  If your DNS/DHCP server support ddns then the system should
> have a name for that IP address; but maybe the reverse didn't get set
> -- so you get nothing when you ask for resolution.
> 
> Best bet is to just leave things as they are and do nothing.
> Otherwise, if you need resolution then ask your DNS/DHCP admin to
> plumb up the reverse names in their DNS server.
> 
> Most schools do not set reverses because the lease on the IP will
> expire and the names will become meaningless.
> 
> If you are inside a small work group and want to name those peers just
> edit the /etc/hosts file of each system as others have suggested. 
> Search for /etc/hosts examples on the Internet if all else fails.
> 
> My /etc/hosts looks like this:
> 127.0.0.1 imac.ccsh.us imac localhost.localdomain localhost
> 
This kind of line will never connect using anything other than the
localhost loopback IP.
I always verify that my hostname is on another line with the real IP
address.


> (Note that imac.ccsh.us does not exist on the Real Internet.  I use
> this system to test things before deploying them to the actual public
> Internet.)
> 
> 
> And all is well for localhost development.
> 
> HTH/Bill
> --
> WC -Sx- Jones | http://ccsh.us/ | Open Source Consulting
> 




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