thanks, I'll give the /etc/hosts file a tweak...
in /etc/nsswitch.conf I already had: hosts: files nisplus dns "Steven J. Yellin" wrote: > On Sat, 2 Nov 2002, Kevin Weslowski wrote: > > > Hi again, > > > > well, maybe it is some sort of DNS error...well, SSH/http started > > working last night again, but not ftp...ftp started working this > > morning... > > > > I did a capture of an unsuccessful ftp session last night and there were > > several packets sent to my ISP's DNS server, querying about 192.168.1.1 > > > > Why would it try to resolve an IP, and an internal network IP at that? > > This morning I also captured a successful ftp session and there are only > > 2 packets re: DNS...1 from my machine and a reply from the DNS server... > > > > I don't know what this means, but if someone can help, I'd appreciate > > it... > > > Each computer should know from its /etc/hosts file how to translate > between name and IP number 192.168.1.1. For example, a line "192.168.1.1 > mycomputer.junk.com mycomputer" says that "mycomputer.junk.com" and > "mycomputer" mean IP number "192.168.1.1". The first choice to resolve IP > vs name is /etc/hosts if files is first in the "hosts: ..." line of > /etc/nsswitch.conf. For example, "hosts: files nisplus nis dns" puts > files first and dns last. Is this the way you've set things up? If not, > try it. > > -- > Steven Yellin > > _______________________________________________ > Seawolf-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
