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

[stinga <st...@wo...>]

On 15.01.2003 23:23 Mike Morrett wrote:
> My home network=85
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> 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 ---/
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> The address for IPCop (v1.2) is 192.168.1.1
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> I can not "ping ipcop", but "nslookup ipcop" does work.
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> C:\TEMP>ping ipcop
> Unknown host ipcop.
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> C:\TEMP>nslookup
> Default Server:  ipcop
> Address:  192.168.1.1
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> > ipcop
> Server:  ipcop
> Address:  192.168.1.1
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> *** No address (A) records available for ipcop
> > exit
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> Why does the name of the IPCop firewall box not get entered into its
> own
> DNS? Is there a way round this?
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> IPCop is using DNSMASQ and according to
> http://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html ...
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> "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."
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> Well, "192.168.1.1 ipcop" is in the /etc/hosts file.
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> Also, "Dnsmasq caches internet addresses (A records and AAAA records)
> and
> address-to-name mappings (PTR records), reducing the load..."
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> So, why does nslookup work, but ping does not?
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> I thought the advantage of DHCP was to automagically assign the IP
> Address and DNS Server, and not have to edit the "hosts" file??
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> C:\TEMP>ipconfig /all
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> Windows 2000 IP Configuration
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>         Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : rusty
>         Primary DNS Suffix  . . . . . . . :
>         Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
>         IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>         WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>         DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : mydomain.org
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> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
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>         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
> --


What happens if you ping ipcop.mydomain.com?
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