Re: Can't Ping Hostnames, but can ping IP addresses

[Brad Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>]

It is *REMOTE.  I always like this so that if they have any host table
entries (grrr!!) the DNS will be used first.

On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM Richard Schoen <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> On CHGTCPDMN
>
> Is host name search priority set to *LOCAL or *REMOTE ?  This can be an
> issue. Can try flipping it.
>
> Also make sure the IBM i system name can be pinged and is set correctly in
> CHGTCPDMN.
>
> That can cause issues.
>
> Regards,
> Richard Schoen
> Web: http://www.richardschoen.net
> Email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Brad Stone
> Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2025 5:17 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Can't Ping Hostnames, but can ping IP addresses
>
> This may sound like the same post as before, but it's not.  :)
>
> I  have a client who can ping IP addresses from their IBM i (like 8.8.8.8)
> but not host names (like google.com)
>
> It just hangs when pinging a host name vs an IP address which returns
> expected results.
>
> They do have 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 set up as their DNS servers.  No host
> table entries set up that should cause any problems.
>
> Any ideas what this could be?
>
> Bradley V. Stone
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