[hobbit] Using hostname instead of IP in bb-hosts

[Manu]

Ok, that makes sense :)

Thanks a lot for the quick answer.

----- Message from henrik at hswn.dk ---------
     Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 09:38:06 +0100
     From: Henrik Stoerner <henrik at hswn.dk>
Reply-To: hobbit at hswn.dk
  Subject: Re: [hobbit] Using hostname instead of IP in bb-hosts
       To: hobbit at hswn.dk


> On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 09:32:41AM +0100, Manu wrote:
>> I'm using the release candidate 4.12p1 on debian linux and several others.
>
> Just to clarify, 4.1.2p1 is a full release version - release candidates
> always have "...rcX" in the version number.
>
>> My problem is, that I have to monitor computers which are connected to
>> the internet by a dialup dsl connection. Those are getting a new
>> ip-address from the isp every 24 hours and ddclient is updating it to
>> dynamic dns.
>
> Put them in the bb-hosts file with IP "0.0.0.0" - that tells Hobbit
> they have a dynamic IP.
>
>> 10.0.0.101  host1 ...
>>
>> and realized, that I misspelled the ip-address. So I changed it to
>> 10.0.0.103 but hobbit keeps pinging the old ip address.
>
> Hobbit will in fact always use the hostname and do a DNS lookup,
> unless you've put "testip" on that entry in the bb-hosts file,
> or you are using the "--dns=ip" option for running the network
> tests. So first you should check what IP "host1" really resolves
> to (use the "host" or "dig" commands) - and don't forget to check
> the local /etc/hosts file on the Hobbit server.
>
>
> Regards,
> Henrik
>
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