DNS query when using IP address

[Owen McShane]

Man ping shows:

     -n      Numeric output only.  No attempt will be made to lookup symbolic
             names for host addresses.

Owen

> 
> when I do a ping direclty to an IP address in my network,
> I see that a DNS query is sent to the DNS server.
> Why?
> How can I switch this off?
> 
> The network is pure RedHat 6.2
> The option 'DNS required for normal operation' is switched off in linuxconf.
> 
> Thanks for any hints!
> 
> Albrecht
> 
> 


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