Re: [Sheflug] help setting up a LAN using Linux for DHCP Server

[Alan Wilson <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the advice Alex but...

ping -n 192.168.0.1 seems to work fine on the SuSE machine.  I'm not sure 
what "a named" is.  Its like I'm on a different subnet, but I've checked that 
about ten times already.



On Sunday 31 March 2002 17:50, you wrote:
> On Sun, 2002-03-31 at 18:17, Alan Wilson wrote:
> > As far as I can see I have set linux up fine to issue the Windoze boxes
> > with IP addresses.  They are all assigned IP addresses fine.  But I can't
> > ping any of the windoze boxes from the Linux box or vice versa.  Anyone
> > got any ideas ?
>
> Looks like a name resolution problem - try ping -n <address> from the
> SuSE machine.
>
> Are you sure you have a named running on the SuSE server?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alex.
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