ping works with ip address but fails if i use hostname OS

Can ping IP address and nslookup hostname but cannot ping Can ping IP address and nslookup hostname but cannot ping hostname temporarily in Windows. Ask Question Asked 10 years, 2 months ago. Active 3 years, 1 month ago. Viewed 43k times 7. I have a DNS server set up on one of my machines using BIND 9.7 Everything works fine with it. On my Windows 7 desktop, I have statically-assigned all network values. Can't ping hostname May 27, 2014 Can Ping by IP Address but not by Computer Name Mar 16, 2020 Cannot ping hostname . - Cisco Community

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networking - How to ping a local network host by hostname I recently wiped my phone and now I am unable to ping a machine by the hostname. Pinging by IP works. I have a machine, let's say it is called NAS. From my Router and PC, ping NAS finds the machine. However, from my Android Phone, ping NAS returns ping: unknown host NAS. I am rooted, so I went to /etc/hosts and added 192.168.1.### Cannot ping hostname. Can only ping IPaddress Subject: [ibm-aix-l] Re: Cannot ping hostname. Can only ping IPaddress. Joe: I am not planning on using a nameserver. I planned on just using the /etc/hosts file to resolve. Do I still need an entry in the /etc/resolv.conf file? R!: I changed my netsvr.conf file as you suggested. I still cannot get the server to ping itself by using its hostname. [SOLVED] BIND (can't ping hostnames, but can ping IPs Apr 03, 2013