Very Computer

I have a small LAN and a cablemodem for connecitng to the internet. As
long as I am not connected to the internet all names of my local hosts
resolve fine. Also when I type route it gives me the name of the
networks as in:

Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use
Iface
cablemodem      *               255.255.255.240 U     0      0        3
eth0
intranet              *               255.255.255.0     U     0      0
      2 eth1
loopback           *               255.0.0.0             U     0      0
       0 lo

now when I connect with ppp (My cablemodem requires me to dial out my
modem).
my /etc/hosts and /etc/networks stop working completely.
I can use the internet normally and DNS works properly but when trying
to connect
to my local hosts it gives me a resolving error. a
when I delete the default route it works normally when I add it again it
stops
working.
Also route does not
resolve the names of the networks so it looks like this;
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use
Iface
max5.ds9-ca-us. *               255.255.255.255 UH    0      0        0
ppp0
10.0.0.0             *               255.255.255.240    U     0      0
      4 eth0
192.168.0.0       *               255.255.255.0        U     0      0
     2 eth1
127.0.0.0           *               255.0.0.0                U     0
  0        0 lo
default         max5.ds9-ca-us. 0.0.0.0                UG    0      0
     1 ppp0

so names that can be resolved by dns are resolved but the local stuff
isn't.

I have a correctly set up /etc/hosts.conf file with
order hosts,bind

This is really strange and I've been struggling for weeks to get it to
work. Any ideas what could be going wrong with this??

: I have a small LAN and a cablemodem for connecitng to the internet. As
: long as I am not connected to the internet all names of my local hosts
: resolve fine. Also when I type route it gives me the name of the
: networks as in:

: Kernel IP routing table
: Destination     Gateway     Genmask          Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
: cablemodem      *           255.255.255.240  U     0      0       3 eth0
: intranet        *           255.255.255.0    U     0      0       2 eth1
: loopback        *           255.0.0.0        U     0      0       0 lo

: now when I connect with ppp (My cablemodem requires me to dial out my
: modem) my /etc/hosts and /etc/networks stop working completely.

: I can use the internet normally and DNS works properly but when trying
: to connect to my local hosts it gives me a resolving error. a
: when I delete the default route it works normally when I add it again it
: stops working.  Also route does not resolve the names of the networks
: so it looks like this;

: Kernel IP routing table
: Destination     Gateway     Genmask           Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
: max5.ds9-ca-us. *           255.255.255.255   UH    0      0       0 ppp0
: 10.0.0.0        *           255.255.255.240   U     0      0       4 eth0
: 192.168.0.0     *           255.255.255.0     U     0      0       2 eth1
: 127.0.0.0       *           255.0.0.0         U     0      0       0 lo
: default    max5.ds9-ca-us.  0.0.0.0           UG    0      0       1 ppp0

: so names that can be resolved by dns are resolved but the local stuff
: isn't.

: I have a correctly set up /etc/hosts.conf file with order hosts,bind

: This is really strange and I've been struggling for weeks to get it to
: work. Any ideas what could be going wrong with this??

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||  I have a small LAN and a cablemodem for connecitng to the internet. As
||  long as I am not connected to the internet all names of my local hosts
||  resolve fine. Also when I type route it gives me the name of the
||  networks as in:

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||  Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
||  cablemodem      *               255.255.255.240 U     0      0   3   eth0
||  intranet        *               255.255.255.0   U     0      0   2   eth1
||  loopback        *               255.0.0.0       U     0      0   0   lo
||
||  now when I connect with ppp (My cablemodem requires me to dial out my
||  modem).
||  my /etc/hosts and /etc/networks stop working completely.
||  I can use the internet normally and DNS works properly but when trying
||  to connect
||  to my local hosts it gives me a resolving error. a
||  when I delete the default route it works normally when I add it again it
||  stops
||  working.
||  Also route does not
||  resolve the names of the networks so it looks like this;

||  Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
||  max5.ds9-ca-us. *               255.255.255.255 UH    0      0   0   ppp0
||  10.0.0.0        *               255.255.255.240 U     0      0   4   eth0
||  192.168.0.0     *               255.255.255.0   U     0      0   2   eth1
||  127.0.0.0       *               255.0.0.0       U     0      0   0   lo
||  default         max5.ds9-ca-us. 0.0.0.0         UG    0      0   1   ppp0

This example shows that reverse hostname lookups work fine - your gateway
is shown by its hostname.

It is reverse network lookups that don't work.

||  I have a correctly set up /etc/hosts.conf file with
||  order hosts,bind

/etc/host.conf only arranges hostname<->address lookups. The names
shown by the first route output are networks. These can be found in
/etc/networks.

The newer libc6 uses /etc/nsswitch.conf for things that /etc/host.conf
used to do. This can be used to configure network lookups too.

Look into /etc/nsswitch.conf. My guess is you have nis or dns lookups
configured before files. This fails and falls back to files when ppp0
is down, but succeeds with no result when ppp0 is up.

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