On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 19:30:35 -0500 "Ronald W. Heiby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Tuesday, February 19, 2002, 10:04:32 PM, Monte wrote: > > If I use the ip address of another machine on my LAN, I can ping > > just fine. But if I try pinging the same machine by name, I get > > ~80% packet loss. WTF? > > I was seeing similar things a few weeks ago. My issues were related to > pinging machines by IP vs. by name, too. I did not try this with > another machine on my LAN, but was seeing it with systems on the > Internet. > > In my case, it turned out to be a DNS issue. When AT&T had their > eXcite melt-down several weeks ago, they had a bad DNS server. So, I > hard-coded my own set of DNS servers, bypassing the ones that AT&T's > DHCP was handing me (that included the bad server). As it turned out, > one of these got taken down shortly thereafter. Removing that DNS > server from my list made everything return to normal. > > (You cannot imagine the frustration involved with trying to tell > people who barely know how to boot Windows that one of their DNS > servers is flakey, only to have them tell you that you need to try > rebooting.) > > Ron. > Actually, I think it might have been due to a flaky DNS server setup in my home LAN, but it picked an odd time to rear its head, since everything seemed to be working fine before this. Not a huge deal, really, since I am moving pretty much everything back to RedHat. The servers next ;). Thanks, Monte -- All right, breaks over. Back on your heads!! _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
