[erlang-questions] receiving pang from net_adm:ping/1 even though net_adm:names/0 shows the other node

[Per Melin]

On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 7:03 PM, Dennis Byrne <dennisbyrne@REDACTED> wrote:
> $ erl -name bar -setcookie c
> (bar@REDACTED)1> net_adm:names().
> {error,nxdomain}

nxdomain means non-existing domain, which I guess means that your
machine's DNS name isn't actually 207.hyperband.com. Can that be
correct?

Try starting both nodes with -sname. That doesn't require a valid hostname.