Laptop does not always recognise server
John
John at DMJ-Consultancy.co.uk
Sun Aug 10 18:14:29 UTC 2008
Derek Broughton wrote:
> <snip>
> Is that address correct for "Server".
>
Yes.
> So, from Train1, what do "nslookup Server"
john at Train1:~$ nslookup Server
Server: 192.168.74.31
Address: 192.168.74.31#53
Name: Server.DMJ-Consultancy.local
Address: 192.168.74.31
> and "nslookup Server.DMJ-consultancy.local"
john at Train1:~$ nslookup Server.DMJ-Consultancy.local
Server: 192.168.74.31
Address: 192.168.74.31#53
Name: Server.DMJ-Consultancy.local
Address: 192.168.74.31
> return?
>
Additionally,
ping Server
PING Server.DMJ-Consultancy.local (192.168.74.31) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from Server.local (192.168.74.31): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.311 ms
ping Server.DMJ-Consultancy.local (and ping Server.local)
returns
ping: unknown host Server.DMJ-Consultancy.local
The only thing that's jumping out at me right now is that strictly "-" is
> not allowed in a domain name.
>
J
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