Laptop does not always recognise server

[John]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> John wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> So, you're not actually getting a DNS resolution.  It _should_ be
> Train1.DMJ-Consultancy.local or at least Train1.local
>
> Does your /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf contain:
>
>  send host-name "<hostname>";
>   
On U6.06 - no
on U8.04 - Yes

First difference found! (Although adding the line to the U6.06 machine 
and rebooting to force all config files to be reloaded did not seem to 
stop it resolving the server name!)
> ?
>
> What's in /etc/resolv.conf?
>
>   
On both machines, resolv.conf contains:

search DMJ-Consultancy.local
nameserver 192.168.74.31

John