Linux-Hams archive - March 1998: Re: troubles with ip and ax25

Re: troubles with ip and ax25

Jan de Jongh (qgde.soaiog@sendrata.com)
Tue, 17 Mar 1998 02:15:02 +0100


Richard Adams wrote:

> < some things from Thomas deleted>

> > arp table output (arp -a):
> > ? (44.145.0.9) at OZ4KK-2 [ax25] on ax0
>
> Someting is not right here, a correct arp entry should look like:
> callsign.ampr.org (44.145.0.9) at OZ4KK-2 [ax25] on ax0
>
> Do you have know hosts entered into /etc/hosts ?
> Do you have any enteries at all in /etc/hosts ?
> Is your /etc/resolv.conf pointing to localhost ?
> Does your system resolve domainnames from a nameserver ?
> Is your hostname set correctly, (it might sound silly but!).

As long as you're using plain ip addresses (44.x.x.x) instead of dns names
(blabla.ampr.org), this should not apply. Also, not all name servers appear to
work with Linux (in the Netherlands, pi1esa does, pi1hgl does not...haven't tested
this throroughly though).

> <more things from Thomas deleted>
>
> --
> Regards Richard.
> tjyifxk.tpie@who.int

73,
Jan