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From: dan@dpcsys.com (Dan Busarow)
Subject: Re: No Route To Host HELP PLEASE
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Blake R. Swensen (blake1@netcom.com) wrote:
: Now when I ping phil (as listed in my hosts) I get a no route to host error 
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
: message.  I can ping the ip address directly OK... as well with other 
: addresses on the net.  

: # Set to the NIS domainname of your host, or NO if none
               ^^^
: defaultdomainname=pbgi.com

Are you really using NIS?  Or /etc/hosts as suggested above, or named?

What does netstat -r look like?

Dan
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 Dan Busarow
 DPC Systems
 Dana Point, California