Jason,
Since you did not specify if you were trying to ping NetBIOS name or DNS
name, I am going to assume that you were trying to ping the NetBIOS name,
but will also give an explanation of trying to ping the DNS name.
NetBIOS
To avoid confusion on the server when pinging by NetBIOS name, the server
will respond only to the primary IP address bound to the NIC; however, you
can define multiple NetBIOS names to multiple IP addresses via a HOST file
or WINS. The fact that the interfaces were down tells me that someone did
not know what to do with the IP addresses and stuck them there OR was
playing around.
DNS
One of the reasons behind adding multiple IP addresses to a server would be
to define multiple web sites to a server, shared hosting. Is there IIS or
its equivalent running on the box? If yes, then you have your
answer-multiple web sites
Stevan
""Diesel"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
8mvpvj$l23$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:8mvpvj$l23$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I recently ran into a situation where a single hostname was assigned three
> different IP addresses for resolution. I understand that this is fine and
> you can assign up to a certain number of IP addresses per hostname.
>
> The first 2 IP addresses weren't "pingable" because these interfaces were
> down, while the third was up and should have replied to a ping of the host
> name. While trying to ping the assigned hostname, only the first IP
address
> in the list was attempted and hence no ping reply.
>
> After changing the host table to contain only the working IP address, I
> could ping the hostname. What gives? Any thoughts?
>
> Jason
>
>
> ___________________________________
> UPDATED Posting Guidelines: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/guide.html
> FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com
> Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ---
___________________________________
UPDATED Posting Guidelines: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/guide.html
FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com
Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
