On Mon, 2017-04-03 at 11:29 -0700, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 04/03/2017 10:49 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > I meant no specific configuration on W. The /etc/hosts file on D has > > existed for a long time with no alteration. > > The /etc/hosts file on D won't help W resolve the name to an IP address. Of course. You asked what I meant by "no configuration" so I was simply explaining that. > > C:\Users\poc>nslookup storage > > ... > > Name: storage > > Address: 192.168.1.65 > > C:\Users\poc>ping 192.168.1.65 > > Reply from 192.168.1.65: ... > > ... > > C:\Users\poc>ping storage > > Ping request could not find host storage. Please check the name and try > > again. > > It's unclear from those snippets whether N actually replied to the ping > requests. Did it? Yes, I didn't transcribe the full reply but it's a proper ping response. > I'm at a loss to explain how nslookup (which is DNS-only) is able to > resolve the name "storage" but ping (which can use DNS and the hosts > file) cannot. That's just bizarre. Isn't it? This makes no sense at all. > > I added storage to that file and rebooted W. No difference. > > Does that mean that ping still can't resolve the name? Or just browsing > for the share? If you still can't "ping storage" then the entry in the > Windows hosts file may not be valid. Send that file, maybe. !! This just in !! I just looked at it again and realised I'd edited the file incorrectly, using the resolv.conf format (name address) rather than the hosts format (address name). Having fixed that, I can now ping storage AND connect to it from the file manager and present credentials as expected. I don't understand how a normal user is supposed to know how to set this up, but (touch wood) things now appear to be working correctly. And I still can't explain the peculiar ping behaviour before I spotted the error, but better let sleeping dogs lie. > (Just so we're clear, we're pursuing two different avenues to resolving > this problem. Adding the name to the Windows hosts file should allow > name resolution, and access through the NAT setup. Setting up bridged > networking should allow direct access and broadcast name resolution.) I haven't gone further with the bridging because of the strange virsh error I reported, but that can wait for now. Many thanks for your patience in helping with this. poc _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
