On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 10:59:57 -0400 Timothy Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> List and network gurus... > > I recently had a coworker tell me that we should *always* ping by > *name*, *not* by number. The reason as explained is because the > resolution takes place at a "higher level" on the OSI stack. And > pinging > the number does nothing but "tell you that the 'connection' to the > machine is okay." > > Huh?! Isn't pinging by name just the same as pinging by number, only > adding a step for the name resolution? > You're correct. Pinging by name will also test name resolution but the connectivity test is exactly the same. Cheers, Sean -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
