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Old 10-29-2010
Unable to ping New server

Hi ALL,

I Have installed NEW v240 server through hyper terminal, After installation i unable to ping the server from out side server... i can see no entry in resolve.conf file.. but the server has DNS.. willl that issue.. please guide me ping the server from outside within the same network

bk
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Old 10-29-2010
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Originally Posted by suresh_krish
Hi ALL,

I Have installed NEW v240 server through hyper terminal, After installation i unable to ping the server from out side server... i can see no entry in resolve.conf file.. but the server has DNS.. willl that issue.. please guide me ping the server from outside within the same network

bk
Put into /etc/hostname.xxx name of the server, then into /etc/hosts file server IP and name, in /etc/defaultgateway gateway IP and in /etc/resolv.conf domain name and IP's od DNS servers.
Then move /etc/nsswitch.dns to /etc/nsswitch.conf and reboot.

Code:
http://www.faqs.org/docs/securing/chap9sec89.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_%28file%29

Stan
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