Am Mittwoch, 11. April 2001 23:06 schrieb Ketil Froyn: > It resolves: > > $ ping 209.61.157.176 > PING 209.61.157.176 (209.61.157.176) from 10.0.0.4 : 56(84) bytes of data. > 64 bytes from ping.net (209.61.157.176): icmp_seq=0 ttl=234 time=200.5 ms > 64 bytes from ping.net (209.61.157.176): icmp_seq=1 ttl=234 time=185.9 ms > 64 bytes from ping.net (209.61.157.176): icmp_seq=2 ttl=234 time=201.3 ms > 64 bytes from ping.net (209.61.157.176): icmp_seq=3 ttl=234 time=185.1 ms > > --- 209.61.157.176 ping statistics --- > 4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss > round-trip min/avg/max = 185.1/193.2/201.3 ms > And don't forget: this is a reverse lookup. Sometimes admins do not properly configure their nameservers for reverse lookup. So the name lookup functions and the reverse not. Only a guess. - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org