> Hmm, and there really is no problem on host 192.168.0.2, > trying to translate the ip address of the debian linux > client machine named "michelle" to a host name?
There isn't any local DNS going on. Everything is just IP. No real need for an internal home network. > Is there an entry for host "michelle" in the /etc/inet/hosts > file on host 192.168.0.2? If there is one, I didn't put it there! (I'm at work at the moment and can't get to the box) > Do you have "files" before "dns" in /etc/nsswitch.conf > on host 192.168.0.2? Yes. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org
