On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, Frank Small wrote:
> The Linux Workstation is configured for DHCP and receives
> the IP address OK. DNS with Linux is a problem even though
> I have set the IP address of DNS on the Linux box.
> I can ping ws1.test.local and dc.test.local without any problem
> from any machine however I cannot ping linux.test.local at all.
is DNS configured on the linux box? do:
cat /etc/resolv.conf
and look for a:
nameserver .........
line.
> I can however ping the IP address of the Linux box.
> I would appreciate if anyone could offer help on this problem.
>>>
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