Q. I have Debian Linux server in remote data center. I can ping server by its IP but not by hostname such as server.domain.com. How do I ping server by hostname?
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A. This is client side DNS problem. All you have to do is setup correct DNS server:
=> Linux DNS Client Configuration
=> Solaris DNS Client Configuration
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thank you very much for this info
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