Hi,
How do ur windoz know the hostname of the m/c as u have only updated the
/etc/hosts file. U better update the dns entry and point the ip as the
dns of the windoz box
archan
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Hrishiraj Nair wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We have a Suse Linux Server (6.4).
>
> I have added an entry in the /etc/hosts file as follows
>
> 175.165.191.50 linux
>
> The hostname of my machine is linux.
>
> When I go to a Windows machine on the network and
>
> tracert 175.165.191.150,
> the trace returns succesfull.
>
> Instead when I try
>
> tracert linux,
> it says the hostname cannot be found.
>
> Please guide!
>
> PS:
> When I try traceroute linux on the server it goes through succesfully
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