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Configuring the Network Information Service (NIS)

Network problems

Use the ping command to check that the network is up and functional:

ping -c 1 server_name

It should display something similar to:

PING server_name (server_address): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from server_name (server_address): icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=10 ms

--- server_name ping statistics --- 4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max = 0/5/10 ms

If the ping command hangs, fails, or returns a message similar to 0 packets transmitted, the network is down. See ``Troubleshooting system-level problems'' and ``Troubleshooting TCP/IP''.

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