2008/10/10 Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Fri,10.Oct.08, 15:08:56, Lachlan 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. >> >> something in windows i've used a lot is pinging by hostname to find >> the ip of the pc i'm looking for. > > If you want to have the IP for a given hostname all you need is 'host': > > $ host bixi > bixi has address 192.168.77.76 > > On sid this is in package bind9-host. > >> 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. >> >> 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? > > There are various tools to deal with changing configurations, you will > have to provide more details. Try to use DHCP as much as possible, as > this will automatically provide the necessary configurations. > > Regards, > Andrei > -- > If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. > (Albert Einstein) > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkju6MEACgkQqJyztHCFm9nnfACfbV6lkhf7vVH0siQYereeF/OE > oaMAoIco6O16Qf+fydNipsjnOua+DoYu > =I961 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >
okay guys thanks for putting me in the direction of hosts. i was stuck in the mindest that i had to ping so i never looked up hosts. hosts does exactly what i want. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
