> > What about 192.168.1.4? Is there a name server running on that? You know > that the latter ones are only taken into resolving if the first one > isn't reachable? > > Ralph > > PS: Please trim your mails. > Yes it is available also: [root at ftp ~]# ping 192.168.1.4 PING 192.168.1.4 (192.168.1.4) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 192.168.1.4: icmp_seq=0 ttl=125 time=8.71 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.1.4: icmp_seq=1 ttl=125 time=8.59 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.1.4: icmp_seq=2 ttl=125 time=8.50 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.1.4: icmp_seq=3 ttl=125 time=8.54 ms --- 192.168.1.4 ping statistics --- 4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3005ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 8.506/8.590/8.717/0.103 ms, pipe 2 [root at ftp ~]#