Laptop does not always recognise server

[Derek Broughton]

John wrote:

> 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!)

No, it's required.  At 6.06, you probably had an actual hostname in there,
but since then it's been modified to grab the hostname.
>>   
> On both machines, resolv.conf contains:
> 
> search DMJ-Consultancy.local
> nameserver 192.168.74.31

Is that address correct for "Server".

So, from Train1, what do "nslookup Server" and "nslookup
Server.DMJ-consultancy.local" return?

The only thing that's jumping out at me right now is that strictly "-" is
not allowed in a domain name.
-- 
derek