Can't configure network

[palswim]

I may have the same issue. If I discover that my issue differs from this, I'll open a new thread.

I cannot ping my Pi by hostname, and when I try to use nslookup, I see the following report:

Terminal

~> nslookup hostname
Server: 1.1.1.1
Address: 1.1.1.1#53

** server can't find hostname: NXDOMAIN

Thankfully, I can still connect to my Pi via the IP address.

When I connected to my Pi, I decided to try to re-initiate the DHCP client in order to register the hostname with my local DNS. But, I found that I couldn't start/restart the networking service.

Terminal

user@xbian ~> sudo service networking restart
stop: Unknown instance:
networking stop/waiting

I don't know if this indicates an error or not, but I know this started happening after I updated recently (within the last ten days).