Setting up host name resolution

Interfaces host names require resolution

When you ran the setup program, the gateway generated a host name for each interface by appending the number of the interface to the gateway host name. You need to make sure that these host names are resolved into IP addresses.

For example, the interface name for the first interface on a gateway named "toaster" might be toaster-e0; the second interface might be toaster-e1.

Host name resolution

To ensure that host names are resolved into IP addresses, complete the following step.

Step	Action
1	If you use...	Then...
DNS or NIS for name resolution	Add an entry in your DNS or NIS databases for each of the gateway interfaces. Example This shows how the entries might look for a gateway with four interfaces: `192.16.3.145 toaster-e0 192.16.3.145 toaster-e1 192.16.3.145 toaster-f0 192.16.3.145 toaster-a5`
/etc/hosts files for name resolution	Add an entry in each host's /etc/hosts file for each of the gateway interfaces.

Step

Action

If you use...

Then...

DNS or NIS for name resolution

Add an entry in your DNS or NIS databases for each of the gateway interfaces.

Example

This shows how the entries might look for a gateway with four interfaces:

192.16.3.145 toaster-e0 192.16.3.145 toaster-e1 192.16.3.145 toaster-f0 192.16.3.145 toaster-a5

/etc/hosts files for name resolution

Add an entry in each host's /etc/hosts file for each of the gateway interfaces.