On Sun, Jul 31, 2005 at 06:54:49AM +0000, Daniel McBrearty wrote: > > this is confusing message out of context but from what I remember: > > > > a) can you connect with ssh hostname > > b) with ssh IPaddress > > c) with putty & hostname > > d) with putty & IPaddress > > > > if yes to b and d, but not to a and c, then it's a DNS thing. > > > > if yes to a and b, but no to c or d, then it's a putty thing. > > > > yes, sorry for the confusion. putty and ssh have the same behaviour, ergo > it's a > DNS thing. But ping by hostname is fine and the browser works fine by > hostname, > ergo DNS is basically OK. > > So either it's a quite subtle DNS problem, or a DNS/ssh interaction, by my > logic.
If you're using putty, you seem to be using windows also. Windows may use their SMB protocol to find out an IP from a hostname. It might be the reason why the browser works fine. Maybe not... Cyp -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
