Re (4): name -> address resolution

[peasthope@shaw.ca]

Andrei,

*	Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:07:09 +0200 you wrote,
> Try adding a line like
> 
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx		joule.invalid	joule

Right oh.  That works.

peter@joule:~$ cat /etc/hosts | grep 172.23.3.1
172.23.3.1	joule.invalid 	joule
peter@joule:~$ host joule
joule has address 172.23.3.1
peter@joule:~$ host joule.invalid
joule.invalid has address 172.23.3.1

But until about a month back that was unnecessary.
"host joule" would report the address which DHCP 
had assigned to the interface connected to the ISP.
Is this a new normal behaviour?  Is something broken?

> I don't recall your network topology

In case anyone is interested.
  http://carnot.yi.org/NetworksPage.html
A diagram is cited there.

Thanks,          ... Peter E.






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