Klar Brian D Contr MSG SICN wrote:
>
> I have a small home network set up. (3 machines)
> Here is a basic rundown of it:
> a) DSL Service provided by Earthlink
> b) DSL Modem
> c) Linux machine running as a firewall/router
> d) Laptop running via a hub (Linux/Win 98)
> e) Desktop running via a hub (Win 98/Linux)
> There is one network card feeding the DSL modem
> There is one network card feeding the hub
>
> For some reason my laptop and desktop are unable
> to ping address, tracert gets as far as the homestore hop
> nslookup does show IP address
Since you have no name server on your LAN, each machine on the LAN
must be manually set up to use your ISP's name servers. For Linux
machines, this involves copying the gateway machine's
/etc/resolv.conf file to each of the other machines. You must also
have /etc/hosts in each machine set up with the names & IP addresses
of all the other machines on the LAN if you wish to talk with them.
All machines must have /etc/nsswitch set to examine the local
/etc/hosts first for hosts.
For Windows machines there must be a similar arrangement set up.
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Regards,
Ron. [AU]
