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# 1  
Old 05-26-2010
Possible hostname issue?
from the hostname command I get this:
scosysv.mycompany0

when I ping scosysv.mycompany0 i get 64.158.xx.xx which fails with 100% packet loss.

/etc/hosts shows
199.199.199.1 scosysv scosysv.mycompany0 scosysv.mycompany0.com

when I ping the hostname value isn't the local IP 199.199.199.1 the correct address that should be pinged?

On SCO 5.0.5, where & how can this be updated?

It's something I'm not very sure of how to change or if i need to.
# 2  
Old 05-26-2010
Please post the output of your ifconfig command (using code tags in the output).
# 3  
Old 05-26-2010
Code:
# ifconfig -a
net0: flags=4043<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        inet 199.199.199.1 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 199.199.199.255
        perf. params: recv size: 24576; send size: 24576; full-size frames: 1
        ether 00:60:67:77:ce:c7
lo0: flags=4049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 8232
        inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
        perf. params: recv size: 57344; send size: 57344; full-size frames: 1
atl0: flags=404a<BROADCAST,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 8232
        inet 0.0.0.0 netmask ff000000
        perf. params: recv size: 4096; send size: 8192; full-size frames: 1

# 4  
Old 05-26-2010
What are the contents of /etc/resolv.conf?
# 5  
Old 05-26-2010
Code:
domain mycompany0.com
nameserver 66.153.50.66
nameserver 64.80.203.194
nameserver 69.25.142.42
nameserver 216.52.184.248
nameserver 63.251.92.200
nameserver 64.74.96.225
nameserver 70.42.37.7

Last edited by bbxguy; 05-26-2010 at 02:28 PM.. Reason: removed name
# 6  
Old 05-26-2010
add the following as line 1 of /etc/resolv.conf

Code:
hostresorder local bind

This User Gave Thanks to jgt For This Post:
bbxguy
# 7  
Old 05-26-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by jgt
add the following as line 1 of /etc/resolv.conf

Code:
hostresorder local bind


That did it!!!

Thanks for your time and assistance.
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