type this:
cat /etc/resolv.conf
Is the domain set up correctly?
Is the IP address of the dns server there?
Try to ping the name.domain instead of just name if you haven't already.
Donncha.
"Lemon, Matthew" wrote:
>> I have a new installation of RH7.2 running on my desktop at work.
> The machine starts without any errors but if I try to ping any machine by
> it's name, the ping fails. I can ping to an IP address but not a name. I
> checked the DNS settings for the card in Linuxconf and they are the right
> ones. What could be wrong ?
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