Re: ipv6 maybe has arrived.

[Michel Verdier <mv524@free.fr>]

Le 15 février 2023 gene heskett a écrit :

> gene@bpi54:~$ grep -i bpi54 /etc/hosts
> 192.168.71.12		bpi54.coyote.den	bpi54
> gene@bpi54:~$ getent hosts bpi54
> fe80::4765:bca4:565d:3c6 bpi54
> gene@bpi54:~$ ping -c1 coyote (this machines alias in /etc/hosts)
> ping: coyote: Name or service not known

If coyote is really an alias and not part of domain name give us
grep -i coyote /etc/hosts

For what you show bpi54 is the short hostname so you need to do
ping -c1 bpi54
and not
ping -c1 coyote