: net_adm:ping not working -- resolved

[erlang]

Thanks to all for replies. 

Fix was to turn on the windows service: DNS Client
I had it disabled for some reason.


> 
> Try to add IPs of these hosts to your hosts file in:
> 
> C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\
> 
> Serge
> 
> erlang wrote:
> > pings work ok. My system runs everything I have ever thrown at
> > it. cygwin, mysql, sql server, perl and php apps, anything that
> > opens local ports for sommunication -- all perfect until now with Erlang.
> > 
> > I tried taking out the dash in the computer name,
> > it makes no difference.
> > 
> > 
> >> Does the following work?
> >>
> >>  C:\> ping localhost
> >>  C:\> ping my-server
> >>
> >>
> >>  If no, get them working before delving into the erlang ping.
> >>  If yes, hmmm.  Not certain though maybe my-server hostname
> >>  should be changed to myserver (possibly the dash is problematic).
> >>
> >>
> >> ~M
> >>
> >> On Fri, Sep 01, 2006 at 10:54:35AM -0700, erlang wrote:
> >>> Yes, you have shown the tests I am using, very simple cases. 
> >>> But I get pangs, and timeouts.
> >>>
> >>> I agree it is probably due to a  misconfigured network. What I have
> >>> is one Windows Server 2003 sp1 machine that is setup for a 
> >>> peer-to-peer workgroup, with no local dns server, domain controller, 
> >>> etc. I agree that my problem is most likely a network configuration 
> >>> that is not Erlang friendly. I couldn't find a prerequisites list for Erlang 
> >>> so I'm not sure what it needs. I have used many applications that have no
> >>> problem opening ports on localhost.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Well, it should work.
> >>>>
> >>>> Try the following diagnosis:
> >>>>
> >>>> $ erl -sname a
> >>>> $ erl -sname b
> >>>>
> >>>> (a@REDACTED)> erl_epmd:names().
> >>>> {ok,[{"a",43500},{"b",43505}]}
> >>>> (a@REDACTED)> inet:gethostbyname("my-server").
> >>>> {ok,{hostent,"my-server",[],inet,4,[{192,168,0,100}]}}
> >>>> (a@REDACTED)> net_adm:ping('b@REDACTED').
> >>>> pong
> >>>> (a@REDACTED)> nodes().
> >>>> ['
>
> >>>>
> >>>> And if that does not work as above try:
> >>>>
> >>>> $ erl -sname a@REDACTED
> >>>> $ erl -sname b@REDACTED
> >>>>
> >>>> (a@REDACTED)> inet:gethostbyname("localhost").
> >>>> {ok,{hostent,"localhost",[],inet,4,[{127,0,0,1}]}}
> >>>> (a@REDACTED)> erl_epmd:names().
> >>>> {ok,[{"b",43527},{"a",43530}]}
> > adm:ping('b@REDACTED').
> >>>> pong
> >>>> (a@REDACTED)> nodes().
> >>>> ['b@REDACTED']
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I am suspecting your machine may have misconfigured network.
> >>>>
> >>>> To make sure the cookie is the same, add the argument
> >>>> -setcookie my-cookie4711
> >>>> to the command line of both nodes, but if you have the wrong cookie,
> >>>> the target node should print: 
> >>>> =ERROR REPORT==== 1-Sep-2006::09:40:06 ===
> >>>> ** Connection attempt from disallowed node b@REDACTED ** 
> >>>> when net_adm:ping(a@REDACTED) fails.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 09:29:48AM -0700, erlang wrote:
> >>>>>> Sorry, this is indeed a typo in my email. Should be:
> >>>>>> (b@REDACTED)1> net_adm:ping('a@REDACTED').
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Hi, is the colon ":" just a typo in your email? It should be
> >>>>>>> "@
> >>>  you can see from the node name in the Erlang shell prompt.
> >>>>>>> Best Regards
> >>>>>>> Lennart
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> (b@REDACTED)1> net_adm:ping('a:my-server').
> >>>>>>>> I can't get the ping-pong distributed example to work, so I tried simply
> >>>>>>>> pinging another node. This doesn't work either.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> os: windows server 2003, machine name is my-server.
> >>>>>>>> EShell v5.5.1
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> command lines: erl -sname a
> >>>>>>>>                             erl -sname b
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> (b@REDACTED)1> net_adm:ping('a:my-server').
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> always returns pang. The cookie file is being read, and the cookie is
> >>>>>>>> the same in both nodes. What to try next?