[NBLUG/talk] Changed Network

[sms at sonic.net]

I went back and looked at this again... (editing this time, since my
window-size had trashed the table, and I want to point out 2 particular
lines...)

> [root at amanda root]# route -C -n
> Kernel IP routing cache
> Source          Destination     Gateway       Flags Metric Ref  Use Iface
> 192.168.100.100 192.168.33.211  192.168.33.211  l    0      0  1040 lo
> 192.168.33.211  192.168.100.100 192.168.33.100       0      0  1040 eth0
> [root at amanda root]#

This looks like a routing-loop:  source/dest reverses, & the use-count
is 1040 in both cases.  One of 'em is pointed at the loopback; this may
relate to having "amanda" listed as localhost in /etc/hosts.

I'm not (at all!) sure this'll fix the DNS, but I suppose it might.  But
routing-loops are a problem, and using the local hostname on both the
valid & loopback addresses will likely confuse some things.

Leave "localhost" as the ONLY name for 127.0.0.1, and keep "amanda"
associated with a non-loopback IP.


- Steve S.