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Seth_E
Level 6
11 years ago

Using netbios name doesn't connect, FQDN connects.

Hi there,   We have one media master server with two NICS on it. I've configured the local hosts file so that all communication goes through one NIC. So far, things have worked great. For some ...
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  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    11 years ago

    /etc/hosts entries should have all aliases on one line:

    10.94.x.x     client1  client1.fqdn.com

    Check hosts files for other 'client1' entries:
    grep client1 /etc/hosts

    After changes were made to hosts file, refresh NBU host cache:

    bpclntcmd -clear_host_cache

    If bptestbpcd still uses wrong IP address, you need to check DNS:

    nslookup client1

    If this is showing wrong IP address, the problem is for sure with DNS.

Marianne's avatar
Marianne
Level 6
11 years ago

/etc/hosts entries should have all aliases on one line:

10.94.x.x     client1  client1.fqdn.com

Check hosts files for other 'client1' entries:
grep client1 /etc/hosts

After changes were made to hosts file, refresh NBU host cache:

bpclntcmd -clear_host_cache

If bptestbpcd still uses wrong IP address, you need to check DNS:

nslookup client1

If this is showing wrong IP address, the problem is for sure with DNS.