From: "Dr.D " ------------------------------------------------------ This may be a stupid question but did you look at the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file and see gateway and the newtwork are correct? Dr.D -----Original Message----- From: chugalug-bounces@chugalug.org [mailto:chugalug-bounces@chugalug.org] On Behalf Of John Aldrich Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 10:45 AM To: CHUGALUG Subject: [Chugalug] Hosts file Ok, on my new (to me) KUbuntu notebook, I have a hosts file which lists the IP addresses of my local machines, including my Fedora box and my Windoze box. I am unable to ping either of those machines by name and "host" fails to resolve it. I copied and pasted the information from my hosts file on the Fedora box which DOES work. Any idea why the different behavior? Do I need to modify my network information on the Ubuntu laptop somehow? Thanks!