Strange Ping Results After Changing Config

I installed RH7.2 with Plesk on a new server last night. After the installation I decided I needed to change the host name and IP address to match a server I had previously taken offline. I thought I made all the right changes to the config files (and I re-installed Plesk after completely deleting the psa MySQL database), but this morning after having trouble with FTP I realized I didn't change the host name in the /etc/hosts file (which I corrected).

Everything appears to be working, but when I ping the server from itself using the full address (i.e., if the host name is "fred" I'm using fred.intelligenthosting.net) it pings okay but it includes one of the domains on the server seemingly at random in the ping results. for example:

PING fred.intelligenthosting.net (123.456.789.123) from 123.456.789.123 : 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from domaina.com (123.456.789.123): icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=109 usec
64 bytes from fred.intelligenthosting.net (123.456.789.123): icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=43 usec
64 bytes from domainb.com (123.456.789.123): icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=43 usec
64 bytes from domainc.com (123.456.789.123): icmp_seq=3 ttl=255 time=40 usec
64 bytes from domainb.com (123.456.789.123): icmp_seq=4 ttl=255 time=50 usec
64 bytes from fred.intelligenthosting.net (123.456.789.123): icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=43 usec
64 bytes from domaind.com (123.456.789.123): icmp_seq=4 ttl=255 time=50 usec
Etc.

Other servers I have in the same configuration show pings in the form:
64 bytes from 456.456.456.456: icmp_seq=4 ttl=255 time=36 usec
64 bytes from 456.456.456.456: icmp_seq=4 ttl=255 time=36 usec
Etc.

I'm afraid in changing the host name/IP I may have missed something somewhere and it's causing the "problem" with the pings. The services on the server seem to work fine, but I'm afraid the odd ping results may be an indication of a larger problem. Can anyone shed some light?

 

 

 

 

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