:-> "Jonathan" == Jonathan Amery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > what is the output of `host 172.16.1.9` and `host <machname>` where > <machname> is the fqdn that the first host command gave you as the > output. (The output of host should the first time be something like: > 13.100.168.192.IN-ADDR.ARPA domain name pointer vermont.petrologic.co.uk > in which case <machname> is vermont.petrologic.co.uk)
Uh, I won't be in the office till monday, but the host (and dig too) commands correctly report the proper translation, in both directions. Pf -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pierfrancesco Caci | ik5pvx | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://gusp.dyndns.org Firenze - Italia | Office for the Complication of Otherwise Simple Affairs Linux penny 2.4.7 #1 Thu Jul 26 14:48:56 CEST 2001 i686 unknown