On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 7:57 AM, Kelly Clowers <kelly.clow...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 7:45 AM, Kent West <we...@acu.edu> wrote: >> Why can I ping the hostname, but not the fully-qualified domain name of a >> box? >> >> >> westk@westek:~$ ping k1000 >> PING k1000.acu.local (150.252.149.1) 56(84) bytes of data. >> 64 bytes from 150.252.149.1: icmp_req=1 ttl=62 time=0.128 ms >> ^C64 bytes from 150.252.149.1: icmp_req=2 ttl=62 time=0.138 ms >> >> --- k1000.acu.local ping statistics --- >> 2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 5002ms >> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.128/0.133/0.138/0.005 ms >> >> >> westk@westek:~$ ping k1000.acu.local >> ping: unknown host k1000.acu.local >> >> >> westk@westek:~$ cat /etc/resolv.conf >> # Generated by NetworkManager >> domain acu.local >> search acu.local >> nameserver 150.252.134.8 >> nameserver 150.252.134.159 >> nameserver 150.252.228.8 >> nameserver 150.252.135.4 >> >> >> westk@westek:~$ nslookup k1000 >> Server: 150.252.134.8 >> Address: 150.252.134.8#53 >> >> Name: k1000.acu.local >> Address: 150.252.149.1 >> >> westk@westek:~$ nslookup k1000.acu.local >> Server: 150.252.134.8 >> Address: 150.252.134.8#53 >> >> Name: k1000.acu.local >> Address: 150.252.149.1 >> >> >> I googled for this problem and found instructions to change 1 to 0 in the >> /etc/default/avahi-daemon file (after which I did a "sudo >> /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon restart" command), but that didn't solve the >> problem (so I put the /etc/default/avahi-daemon file back to the way it >> was). >> >> I have a MacBook running an up-to-date OS/X, and it can ping both the >> hostname and the FQDN (and it's resolv.conf file looks pretty much the same >> as the above), so it seems to be a problem in this Debian box (westek). > > Odd. What does your routing table look like ("ip route" or "route")? > > I don't see why it should matter but have you tried "ping > k1000.acu.local." (trailing dot)
Oh, and are you running nscd (name server cache daemon) or similar on the box that cannot ping? Just throwing stuff out there. Cheers, Kelly Clowers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAFoWM=90rj8ynnueqj0tamtug6+x9vnvukeww3abbwq8fv-...@mail.gmail.com