Hi Jan, I'll assume that you have the default gateway setup and a static route to your local net. Check /etc/nsswitch.conf to insure that you have the entry:
hosts: files dns Also, for hosts on the same network, you don't have to specify domain names. So your entries should look like this /etc/hosts: 127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.2.2 saturn 192.168.2.1 jupiter Hope this helps. -mk > -----Original Message----- > From: Jan Willem Stumpel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 3:08 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Local address lookup > > > This is a follow-up to the thread "Local Net - delays in telnet > login" of last month. > > I have a local (home) network containing machines jupiter and > saturn. Saturn has a connection to the Internet (ADSL) which may > or may not be functioning. Both machines are running Woody. > > Symptom: if saturn's Internet connection is down, from jupiter, > "telnet saturn" succeeds, but only after a long delay. If the > connection is up, "telnet saturn" succeeds immediately. Saturn has > IP address 192.168.2.2. If I use the numerical address (telnet > 192.168.2.2) it *always* succeeds immediately, no matter if there > is an Internet connection or not. > > This suggests a DNS type problem. Everywhere (on jupiter and > saturn) /etc/host.conf has "order hosts,bind" (I also tried "order > hosts bind", space instead of comma, as stated by an old version > of the *Linux Network Administrator's Guide*). > > /etc/hosts on both machines has > > 127.0.0.1 localhost > 192.168.2.2 saturn.my.home saturn > 192.168.2.1 jupiter.my.home jupiter > > /etc/resolv/conf on jupiter has > > cache . root.cache > nameserver aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd > nameserver aaa.bbb.ccc.eee > > These are the ISP's name servers; of course when there is no > Internet connection they do not work, but I assume that the > /etc/hosts file will get priority anyway. > > I have installed the Debian package *host* so I can type from jupiter > > host saturn > > I get the answer > > saturn does not exist, try again > > But if I type > > host 192.168.2.2 > > I get (at once) > > Name: saturn.my.home > Address: 192.168.2.2 > Aliases: saturn > > So it seems the identification "saturn --> 192.168.2.2" cannot be > made locally (i.e. on jupiter) although the identification > "192.168.2.2 --> saturn" can. What is wrong with my "address > lookup set-up"? > > regards, Jan > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
