probably you're right - I see "-n" key in ping's man, but I don't see any names in ping output when I "ping a.b.c.d" and I don't see any problem with ping by IP even when I break resolver configuration. [I speak about ping from iputils-20020927-11]
Sorry for little OT, Vitaly > -----Original Message----- > From: Gilad Ben-Yossef [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thu, May 06, 2004 11:04 AM > To: Karasik, Vitaly; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: DHCP question > > > On Thursday 06 May 2004 10:13, Karasik, Vitaly wrote: > > > - did you try to ping by name or by IP? > > Only if second works and first fail, you have DNS problem. > If both fail, > > there is nothing DNS related. > > Actually, this is not correct. > > Ping tries to resolve IP addresses in it's output to symbolic > names. If you > have a DNS problem, then even pinging by IP can fail (usually > it jsut gets > "stuck" waiting for resolver to time out) unless you supply > the options "-n" > to ping. > *********************************************************************************** Information contained in this email message is intended only for use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the [EMAIL PROTECTED] and destroy the original message. ***********************************************************************************
