On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:08:56 +1000 Lachlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i've started using lenny for my work pc and there's a feature of the > windows ping.exe that i'm trying to find in linux. - You have inetutils-ping and iputils-ping packages in lenny to have the ping utility. > > something in windows i've used a lot is pinging by hostname to find > the ip of the pc i'm looking for. > a lot of things i've been doing require me to enter the ip not hostname. > > i've looked at arping, sing and oping but i haven't had any luck > accepting anything other than ip's. - To let you check ip of a hostname, you must have a dns working and you can use something else than ping. The host command for example. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# host www.google.com www.google.com CNAME www.l.google.com www.l.google.com A 64.233.183.147 www.l.google.com A 64.233.183.99 www.l.google.com A 64.233.183.103 www.l.google.com A 64.233.183.104 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# > > all i'm looking for is something along the lines of ~$ hostping > -usehostnames computerhostname > from the commandline. > > i'll be using this laptop in a lot of different offices so will i have > to add dns info to my /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf for each > network? - And using different office will not permit you to add hardcoded dns info in /etc/resolv.conf as certainly, each offices will have their own dns server. I guess. Regards, manou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
