unable to ping server ip from client system
 

i have centOS server 5.8 with ip address 192.168.1.105.
now task is if i do "ping test.xyz.com" from any other system in LAN then it should reply from 192.168.1.105. how to do it.?

Things to consider
 

research "name resolution", bind, hosts file, and possibly arp for interesting and pertinent information.

Easy answer: put that host into your local DNS. Easier answer that does not scale well: if you do not run a DNS, put it into the hosts table (/etc/host) on every client machine.

In general, you'd need to have a DNS server running, but a minimal approach that may work for you is to just add the hostname mapping to the /etc/hosts file. Another option (if you don't want the hassle of administering a DNS server), is to consider using Avahi. This is described well here:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Avahi

FWIW, my home DSL router happens to provide this service, making it a trivial exercise to reach machines by hostname.

@ferrari and @wpeckahm will u please help me out with commands. Thanks

I would have expected you would have told us if you had a DNS running. So, assuming a small LAN with one server that you need to reach by hostname the easiest solution is to edit /etc/hosts on the client machine(s) with an entry similar to

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