Subject: Re: ping: sendto: host is down
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Jeff Weisberg <jaw@Op.Net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 10/12/2000 17:46:37
| 	Both ping and traceroute document the -n option:
| 
[...]
| > [0] Maybe this should be documented? Pinging an IP-address
| >     will seem to fail if the DNS is unreachable, which is
| >     very confusing (IMHO).


I've been using NetBSD since 0.9, and I use it more than any
other OS, and I still get bitten by this more often than I'd
care to admit...


	--jeff