>From this linux box I am unable to ping a machine on the local network by name, getting "unknown host" returned. Pings to an ip address are fine, as are pings to machines by name from a windows box. So I'm assuming the DSL router - which is also the DHCP server - is doing it's job and the problem lies within this box. Pings to the internet (eg to www.google.com) are fine.
Similarly I can't use Remote Desktop Connection to connect to a machine by name (again on the local network), I must use ip address so must know this first- this really is the thing I'm aiming to get working. What should I look at? Cheers, Roger
