RE: Strange connections

Hi,

Sounds more like a reverse DNS lookup, try typing route -n and see of that also brings up the link, if it doesn't then you need to set up reverse lookups for your IPs.

Regards 


Clint Sim


> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Rene Starneauld
> Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 4:19 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Strange connections
> 
> 
> Robert Jenkins wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > It sounds like it could be a DNS query - check you have all your local
> > hostnames listed in 'hosts' on all machines (or in your local 
> DNS if you use
> > it).
> > Note that this includes 'phony' names if you have used dummy 
> addresses used
> > with diald - all hostnames <> addresses must be resolvable both ways.
> > 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Robert Jenkins.
> > 
> All my hostsnames are on both servers with the right address.
> By the way, a cennection is established when I type the "route" command 
> on the firewall.
> Can this help?
> 
> 
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