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Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 15:01:13 +0200
From: Javier Sedano <jsedano@dit.upm.es>
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Subject: Re: wrong name resolution and eth warn
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Philip Homburg wrote:
> 
> Assuming that you use coax, you can try grounding one of the two terminators.
> In general, if the network performance is good (enough), you can remove
> the warning.
> 

	Nopes. I'm using AUI and a transceiver to to RJ45. About performance...
well, it works, but I don't know if it is performing good... and by the
way, don't care. Giving the fact that it is only a 286, I just want it
to work, not to server video streaming ;-)

> 
> Is there another DNS server on the network? The nonamed that comes with
> 2.0.2 ignores /etc/hosts when another DNS resover is found.
> 

	No again. It is my home network, and I haven't set up a DNS server
(keep using /etc/hosts). Anyway, I'll try to boot disconnecting the
ethernet wire, just in case.

-- 
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