Unknwon Instance

[matt_symes]

I'll have to check on my server tomorrow.

[CharlesA]

I'll have to check on my server tomorrow.

Thanks! I just tried checking my 10.04 box that I haven't touched in a long time and it spit back that check-config isn't a valid option for initctl.

Hmmmm......

[Doug S]

Ahhh, I dont have that. Ill check that post out now.

 
Windows IP Configuration
 
   Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : akira
   Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :
   Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
   IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
 
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
 
   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : TAP-Win32 Adapter V9
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-FF-CD-1E-DB-69
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
 
Ethernet adapter Ethernet:
 
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros L1 Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000
se-T Controller
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1D-60-AE-DE-C3
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

I don't understand your "ipconfig /all" listing. I don't understand why there is no IP address. I don't understand why DHCP is not enabled (based on other threads, I thought your server was also a DHCP server).

[CharlesA]

I don't understand your "ipconfig /all" listing. I don't understand why there is no IP address. I don't understand why DHCP is not enabled (based on other threads, I thought your server was also a DHCP server).

Good catch. I think he is running a *nix box with DHCP/DNS and that was from the Windows box that is having problems resolving hostnames to IPs.

I wonder if running ipconfig /renew would do anything.

Well that and enabling DHCP on the second network interface.

[chrisguk]

I don't understand your "ipconfig /all" listing. I don't understand why there is no IP address. I don't understand why DHCP is not enabled (based on other threads, I thought your server was also a DHCP server).

Hi Doug,

I re-enabled DHCP on the Windows client so yes you are absolutely right the server does have DHCP enabled, is that the correct thing to do?

Here is my output from the ipconfig now:

Windows IP Configuration

   Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : akira
   Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . : simpson.home
   Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
   IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : akira.simpson.hom

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : TAP-Win32 Adapter V9
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-FF-CD-1E-DB-69
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Ethernet:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : simpson.home
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros L1 Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Ba
se-T Controller
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1D-60-AE-DE-C3
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::11da:2e77:b0bd:3dc7%12(Preferred)
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 172.22.22.35(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 13 February 2013 15:11:45
   Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 13 February 2013 16:11:46
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 172.22.22.100
   DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.22.22.100
   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 251665760
   DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-18-A9-FF-E2-00-1D-60-AE-DE-C3

   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.22.22.100
                                       172.22.22.101
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Does that look right to you?

[Doug S]

Here is my output from the ipconfig now:
...
Does that look right to you?

I do not know. It looks slightly different than mine, but I don't know that mine is the reference for being correct. I only know that short name lookups work fine. Go back and try the short name nslookup again. Here is an example from my windows vista LapTop:

C:\Users\Doug\temp>nslookup s15
Server:  ns1.smythies.com
Address:  192.168.111.1
Name:    s15.smythies.com
Address:  192.168.111.112

I re-enabled DHCP on the Windows client so yes you are absolutely right the server does have DHCP enabled, is that the correct thing to do?

Well, as I understand your network, both from this and other threads, yes.

[chrisguk]

I do not know. It looks slightly different than mine, but I don't know that mine is the reference for being correct. I only know that short name lookups work fine. Go back and try the short name nslookup again. Here is an example from my windows vista LapTop:

C:\Users\Doug\temp>nslookup s15
Server:  ns1.smythies.com
Address:  192.168.111.1
Name:    s15.smythies.com
Address:  192.168.111.112

Well, as I understand your network, both from this and other threads, yes.

Hi Doug,

something must be wrong. This is my output:

C:\Users\chrisguk>nslookup ralph
Server:  ralph.simpson.home
Address:  172.22.22.100

*** ralph.simpson.home can't find ralph: Non-existent domain

[Doug S]

Clarify please. What reverse lookups work and don't work and from what clients, both short and long names. From previous postings I had assumed that only short name lookups and only from the particular windows computer, akira, were not working. However, and based on your posting just now, my assumption must be wrong (I think).

[chrisguk]

Hi I'm away from the terminal right now, I will do a complete test later and post all the results

[Doug S]

For the "Unkown Instance" part of this thread: To clarify my initial posting (#2) and using the very cool "script" command, here is what I did that resulted in my original reply:

Script started on Wed 13 Feb 2013 08:06:34 AM PST
 
doug@test-smy:~$ ping -c 2 192.168.111.1
PING 192.168.111.1 (192.168.111.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.111.1: icmp_req=1 ttl=64 time=0.762 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.111.1: icmp_req=2 ttl=64 time=0.351 ms
--- 192.168.111.1 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1009ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.351/0.556/0.762/0.206 ms
doug@test-smy:~$ sudo service networking stop
[sudo] password for doug: 
networking stop/waiting
doug@test-smy:~$ ping -c 2 192.168.111.1
connect: Network is unreachable
doug@test-smy:~$ sudo service networking restart
stop: Unknown instance: 
networking start/running
doug@test-smy:~$ ping -c 2 192.168.111.1
PING 192.168.111.1 (192.168.111.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.111.1: icmp_req=1 ttl=64 time=0.439 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.111.1: icmp_req=2 ttl=64 time=0.353 ms
--- 192.168.111.1 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1007ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.353/0.396/0.439/0.043 ms
doug@test-smy:~$ exit
exit
Script done on Wed 13 Feb 2013 08:08:19 AM PST