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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Ping question
Date: 8 May 1997 09:57:41 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <33716b6b.0@news1.apc.net>,
"Ken Shimono" <shimono@apc.net> writes:
> Here's my situation:
>
> I have a machine called delta
> I have DNS working and I can ping delta from delta.
> I added a virtual domain via ifconfig, and I called it mega.
> I created a named.mega file with all mega's necessary DNS information
> .
> I try to ping mega, and I get no response.
> I try to ping the IP I assigned to mega and I get no response.
> I try to ping the IP I assigned to mega from another machine (besides
> delta) and I do get a response.
> I try to ping mega using the name mega from anther machince (besides delta)
> and I get a response.
>
> Does anybody know why I can't ping a virtual domain from the machine that's
> hosting the virtual domail?
What does your routing table look like (netstat -rn) and what are the
IPs involved. Also, does host.conf say "bind" first ?
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Ken Shimono
> webmaster@lakersnet.com
>
>
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Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>
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