well, I think I'll close this issue...I haven't had a problem for 3 or 4 days now...so I hope that's the last I hear of it... FYI, if you're interested:
I added: 192.168.1.1 defectiveMachineName 192.168.1.2 win2000MachineName to both /etc/hosts on my redhat AND (on the advice of a buddy) to my \winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts on my win2000 machine... thanks for all your help guys, Kevin Kevin Weslowski wrote: > thanks, > > I'll give the /etc/hosts file a tweak... > > in /etc/nsswitch.conf I already had: > > hosts: files nisplus dns > > "Steven J. Yellin" wrote: > > > On Sat, 2 Nov 2002, Kevin Weslowski wrote: > > > > > Hi again, > > > > > > well, maybe it is some sort of DNS error...well, SSH/http started > > > working last night again, but not ftp...ftp started working this > > > morning... > > > > > > I did a capture of an unsuccessful ftp session last night and there were > > > several packets sent to my ISP's DNS server, querying about 192.168.1.1 > > > > > > Why would it try to resolve an IP, and an internal network IP at that? > > > This morning I also captured a successful ftp session and there are only > > > 2 packets re: DNS...1 from my machine and a reply from the DNS server... > > > > > > I don't know what this means, but if someone can help, I'd appreciate > > > it... > > > > > Each computer should know from its /etc/hosts file how to translate > > between name and IP number 192.168.1.1. For example, a line "192.168.1.1 > > mycomputer.junk.com mycomputer" says that "mycomputer.junk.com" and > > "mycomputer" mean IP number "192.168.1.1". The first choice to resolve IP > > vs name is /etc/hosts if files is first in the "hosts: ..." line of > > /etc/nsswitch.conf. For example, "hosts: files nisplus nis dns" puts > > files first and dns last. Is this the way you've set things up? If not, > > try it. > > > > -- > > Steven Yellin > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Seawolf-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list > > _______________________________________________ > Seawolf-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
