Hi David,
> It sounds rather like a computer that doesn't know its hostname, or
> its IP address. So can you elaborate on how you "fix" the address.
>
> For example, my /etc/hosts file on ahost contains at a minimum:
>
> 127.0.0.1 localhost
> 127.0.1.1 ahost.corp ahost # 192.168.1.123
>
> ::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
>
> ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
> ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
>
> and the router's DHCP server issues 192.168.1.123 when asked by
> a PC with ahost's MAC. (All other hosts' /etc/hosts files contain
> 192.168.1.123 ahost.corp ahost)
>
I had the same idea and so I checked for /etc/hosts. It looked like:
--- snip ----
127.0.0.1 localhost debian
192.168.2.11 localhost debian
192.168.2.101 localhost debian
# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
--- snap ----
However, I found nothing suspicous in it. It is structured as mine, where it is working well.
192.168.2.11 is the IP of the wired network card (not used)
192.168.2.101 is the IP of the wireless card (connected with)
As I said before: I am using network manager and fixed IP, NO DHCP.
Do you see any strange thing in this file?
Thanks for the help!
Best regards
Hans