Hello We are running a network with Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4. The network ID is 192.168.0.x. The server IP address is 192.168.0.1. The sever is also acting as a DNS server. We have configured the DNS server and it seems to be working fine. On the local side of the network (Network ID 192.168.0.x) we can ping the server by using the server name or the FQDN. Both the following commands work fine. ping rs-svr1 (successful ping) ping rs-svr1.ruclaservices.local (successful ping) We then configured two routers to connect a remote site with Network ID 192.168.1.x. The routing table has also been set up properly on the server. However, from the remote side we seem to be getting DNS issues which is affecting several things including proper SAMBA client operation. We are not posting this in a SAMBA group because this seems to be a networking issue that is affecting other issues. On the remote side, we can NOT ping using the server name but we CAN ping using the FQDN. ping rs-svr1 (unsuccessful ping) ping rs-svr1.ruclaservices.local (successful ping) Our resolv.conf on the server seems ok. It has the following lines: domain ruclaservices.local search ruclaservices.local nameserver 192.168.0.1 When we run nslookup on a Windows PC on the remote side, we get the following results: > nslookup rs-svr1.ruclaservices.local Server: rs-svr1.ruclaservices.local Address: 192.168.0.1 Name: rs-svr1.ruclaservices.local Address: 192.168.0.1 > nslookup rs-svr1 Server: rs-svr1.ruclaservices.local Address: 192.168.0.1 *** rs-svr1.ruclaservices.local can't find rs-svr1: Non-existent domain Can anyone tell us why this is the case and how we can not correct it? Regards, Georges Carraha mailto:CarrahaG@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Aruba Digital Systems N.V. Avenida Milio J. Croes 31 Oranjestad, Aruba Dutch Caribbean Tel: (297) 583-9501 Fax: (297) 583-9504 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list