computer name on a LAN

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

Michael Klinosky wrote:
> I have a 4-port router/dsl modem, and 4 machines connected. All of my
> linux units have F7. All of the machines have names (set in
> System>Admin>Network, in 'DNS'). E.g. d500.localdomain
> 
> I'm trying to learn rsync. However, I decided that learning a less
> complex program would ease the learning curve. So I'm working with rcp.
> 
> LQ has a small tutorial at   http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Rcp
> which states that I can give the computer name. However, it doesn't work:
> [mpk at d500 documents]$ rcp info 5bw130:
> 5bw130: Unknown host
> 
> I also tried with its lan ip:
> [mpk at d500 documents]$ rcp info 10.0.0.6:
> 10.0.0.6: No route to host
> 
> What's going on here?
> 
It is hard to say without more information. Please post the output of:

/sbin/ifconfig
/sbin/route -n
cat /etc/resolv.conf

Also, can you ping 10.0.0.6?

Mikkel
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