[H-GEN] Stopping nameserver lookup for local subnet

[Opec Kemp ( Ozemail )]

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Add your localhost name to /etc/resolve.conf. 
Make sure that your localhost (luggage) is the first on the list, 
then your ISP DNS

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Subject: [H-GEN] Stopping nameserver lookup for local subnet


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I have set up a household network being masqueraded onto the internet
through a redhat 6.1 box. The network works fine except that if I try to
access the machines on the local network by hostname then the host will
always query my ISP name server before querying my local hosts file. Thus
causing a delay of 10 to 15 seconds.

from /etc/hosts (192.168.105.128)
127.0.0.1       dorfl.discworld dorfl localhost
192.168.105.38  luggage.discworld luggage



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