Cannot ping Linux / UNIX / Windows server by name but can ping by its IP address

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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?

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

Posted by: Vivek Gite

The author is the creator of nixCraft and a seasoned sysadmin, DevOps engineer, and a trainer for the Linux operating system/Unix shell scripting. Get the latest tutorials on SysAdmin, Linux/Unix and open source topics via RSS/XML feed or weekly email newsletter.

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