Hardware
Hardware copied to clipboard
Dell OptiPlex 390 MT can't be pinged via hostname
Dell OptiPlex 390 MT responds to IP address pings from remote clients and local hostname pings, but not remote hostname pings on the same LAN.
○ → hostname
DellOptiPlex390MT
Pinging the machine from itself:
○ → ping DellOptiPlex390MT
DellOptiPlex390MT is alive
Pinging the machine from a remote client on the LAN, using the IP address:
○ → ping 192.168.0.71
PING 192.168.0.71 (192.168.0.71) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.0.71: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=0.316 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.71: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=0.296 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.71: icmp_seq=3 ttl=255 time=0.345 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.71: icmp_seq=4 ttl=255 time=0.350 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.71: icmp_seq=5 ttl=255 time=0.349 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.71: icmp_seq=6 ttl=255 time=0.249 ms
^C
--- 192.168.0.71 ping statistics ---
6 packets transmitted, 6 received, 0% packet loss, time 5116ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.249/0.317/0.350/0.036 ms
Pinging the machine from a remote client on the LAN, using the hostname:
○ → ping DellOptiPlex390MT
ping: DellOptiPlex390MT: Temporary failure in name resolution
Solution implemented. Hopefully this also solves #370
Closing since I no longer run Illumos.