Mark Shields wrote: > On Nov 27, 2007 4:19 PM, Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Dan Farrell wrote: >> On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:26:18 -0600 >> Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > > You are correct. It has that exact line in the nsswitch.conf > file. Someone tried to explain the "lookup" thing but it just > went over my head. I know when I go to google for example that it > goes to a DNS server to get the IP to know where to go to. I just > never could figure why it did that when it has the number > already. I just know that adding that to the host file worked > like a charm. > > I'm still curious as to why the OP is having this problem. I > suspect, like me all the time, it will be something pretty > simple. We always find the complicated stuff. LOL > > Dale > > :-) :-) :-) > > > The "lookup thing" is very similar to the same kind of DNS query used > when visiting a website. > > -- > - Mark Shields
Yea, I got that part but why does it do that when you are using the IP number to go to it? That was what was confusing me. Up until that time, I didn't even name the systems since all I used them for was to run folding. After I named them and put the entries in the hosts file, it worked fine even when ssh'ing in with the IP number. Before that, it took forever to login. I would think that it would just go straight to it without a look-up at that point. Then again, I'm not networking guru either. Dale :-) :-)
