Re: (fqdn) hostname resolution when using DHCP
On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Salman Ahmed wrote:
ssahme >
ssahme >Whenever I try to ping this machine (from itself) by giving the
ssahme >fqdn hostname, I get an error message like:
ssahme >
ssahme > unknown host matrix.domain.com
ssahme >
ssahme >nslookup on that fqdn hostname gives an error message saying that the
ssahme >specified domain doesn't exist.
make sure that the windows box and the linux box are pointed at the same
DNS. that is if the windows box is using DNS.
nate
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