On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, George Toft wrote: gt> Nevada wrote: gt> > gt> > I am a complete newbie with networking. Never have worked with it gt> > before. I have a linux box with SuSE 6.3 installed and a Windos gt> > box with 95 installed. gt> > gt> > When I ping from the Windos box to the Linux box, both using the gt> > IP address 192.168.0.xxx or the name 'root' (short name in gt> > /etc/hosts), it works. Does not work if I use 'root.home' (full gt> > name in /etc/hosts), gives unknown host, light on hub for the gt> > windos box does blink, but not on the Linux box. gt> > gt> > When I ping from the Linux box to the windos box pinging with the gt> > IP address 192.168.0.xxx it works, but when pinging using the gt> > name 'windos.paul' or 'windos', it says network unreachable. The gt> > light on the hub for either box does not blink. gt> > gt> > I have read the how-to's that I can find, but still in the dark gt> > about what is causing this. Any help would be appreciated. gt> gt> If using IP numbers works, and names do not, this indicates a name gt> resolver problem. I suggest defining a domain name for your network, gt> then naming each box accordingly: gt> domain: home gt> Windows box: windos.home gt> Linux box: root.home gt> I would have to agree here, I tried switching it on one box just so I could see what was being referred to and wasn't able to communicate with the others at that point, the minute I put it back in with the correct domain name everything worked again. My guess is, as George pointed out, as soon as you devine your domain and name the computers accordingly everything will begin functioning as you desire. gt> If you don't have a domain name that is resolvable on the Internet, gt> this can lead to all kinds of mail problems. I have one that is gt> resolvable, but my mail server's name is not, and SuSE's spam filters gt> block out my e-mail from this list. gt> I thought you fixed that George?!?! -- S.Toms - tomas@primenet.com - www.primenet.com/~tomas SuSE Linux v6.3+ - Kernel 2.2.14 The light at the end of the tunnel may be an oncoming dragon. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/