Re: [IPCop-user] Can't ping IPCop

[Mike M. <fli...@fa...>]

On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 11:24:20 +1100, "Andrew McGlashan"
<And...@Af...> said:
> How about trying
>   ping ipcop.
> Note the dot at the end of the name ipcop!

NO CHANGE... still can not ping ipcop

But, I did notice that ping -a does return the host name!

C:\TEMP>ping -a 192.168.1.1

Pinging ipcop [192.168.1.1] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=255
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=255
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=255
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=255

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.1:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 0ms, Maximum =  0ms, Average =  0ms

Thanks,
Mike

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Morrett" <fli...@fa...>
> To: "User, IPCop" <ipc...@li...>
> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 10:23 AM
> Subject: [IPCop-user] Can't ping IPCop
> 
> 
> My home network.
> 
> IP
> address
> -------
> DHCP    PC1 (W2K or BSWare)            ---\
> DHCP    PC2 (W2K)                           ----\
> DHCP    PC3 (W98se)                        -----> [HUB] -> IPCOP -> Modem
> -> Al Gore's Internet
> Static  SRV (RH 7.3 running Samba)     ----/
> Static  HP4MV Printer w/JetDirect card ---/
> 
> The address for IPCop (v1.2) is 192.168.1.1
> 
> I can not "ping ipcop", but "nslookup ipcop" does work.
> 
> C:\TEMP>ping ipcop
> Unknown host ipcop.
> 
> C:\TEMP>nslookup
> Default Server:  ipcop
> Address:  192.168.1.1
> 
> > ipcop
> Server:  ipcop
> Address:  192.168.1.1
> 
> *** No address (A) records available for ipcop
> > exit
> 
> Why does the name of the IPCop firewall box not get entered into its own
> DNS? Is there a way round this?
> 
> IPCop is using DNSMASQ and according to
> http://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html ...
> 
> "Dnsmasq will serve names from the /etc/hosts file on the firewall
> machine: If the names of local machines are there, then they can all be
> addressed without having to maintain /etc/hosts on each machine."
> 
> Well, "192.168.1.1 ipcop" is in the /etc/hosts file.
> 
> Also, "Dnsmasq caches internet addresses (A records and AAAA records) and
> address-to-name mappings (PTR records), reducing the load..."
> 
> So, why does nslookup work, but ping does not?
> 
> I thought the advantage of DHCP was to automagically assign the IP
> Address and DNS Server, and not have to edit the "hosts" file??
> 
> C:\TEMP>ipconfig /all
> 
> Windows 2000 IP Configuration
> 
>         Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : rusty
>         Primary DNS Suffix  . . . . . . . :
>         Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
>         IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>         WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>         DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : mydomain.org
> 
> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
> 
>         Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : mydomain.org
>         Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100+ PCI Adapter
>         Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx
>         DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
>         Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>         IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.12
>         Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
>         Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
>         DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
>         DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
>         Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, January 15, 2003
>         3:57:24 PM
>         Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, January 22, 2003
>         3:57:24 PM
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