[PLUG] Can't ping under Ubuntu Intrepid
Tim Wescott
tim at wescottdesign.com
Tue Apr 28 17:11:19 UTC 2009
Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Apr 2009, Tim Wescott wrote:
>
>
>> Can you give me a quick rundown (or refer me to a web page) on just what
>> to put in /etc/hosts or /etc/resolv.conf?
>>
>
> Here's a portion of ours:
>
> /etc/hosts:
>
> 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
> 192.168.55.1 salmo.appl-ecosys.com salmo mail
> 192.168.55.1 eia.appl-ecosys.com eia
> 192.168.55.2 caddis.appl-ecosys.com caddis
>
> Notice it's an IP address, a fully-qualified domain name for the host,
> then any appropriate aliases.
>
> /etc/resolv.conf:
>
> nameserver 127.0.0.1
> nameserver 192.168.55.1
> nameserver 216.99.193.1 #ns.aracnet.com
> nameserver 216.99.193.19 #ns2.aracnet.com
> nameserver 216.99.193.2 #ns3.aracnet.com
>
> Rich
>
>
Does that mean that I need to make my host machine a fixed IP (currently
I'm getting that from the router)? Or can I just call my router a
"nameserver" in /etc/resolv.conf and have it work?
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