-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Tuesday, February 19, 2002, 10:04:32 PM, Monte wrote: > If I use the ip address of another machine on my LAN, I can ping > just fine. But if I try pinging the same machine by name, I get > ~80% packet loss. WTF?
I was seeing similar things a few weeks ago. My issues were related to pinging machines by IP vs. by name, too. I did not try this with another machine on my LAN, but was seeing it with systems on the Internet. In my case, it turned out to be a DNS issue. When AT&T had their eXcite melt-down several weeks ago, they had a bad DNS server. So, I hard-coded my own set of DNS servers, bypassing the ones that AT&T's DHCP was handing me (that included the bad server). As it turned out, one of these got taken down shortly thereafter. Removing that DNS server from my list made everything return to normal. (You cannot imagine the frustration involved with trying to tell people who barely know how to boot Windows that one of their DNS servers is flakey, only to have them tell you that you need to try rebooting.) Ron. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Personal Privacy 6.5.8 Comment: The last PGP with full source disclosure. iQA/AwUBPHQ/pm8pw+2/9pUJEQLtrACfVtoI+GIOfJxZGTRBMo2Gfo9CtnwAnRVA vpKkk7IrlKg5+4ky2zXAlSqM =Dukh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
