Problems in using database link

Hi all,
I have problems in using the following created database link:
Name: fzanalyze
User: fzanalyze
PWD: xxx
Host: fz.domain.com
I get the following error message, if I try to start this select:
select * from tab@fzanalyze;
FEHLER in Zeile 1:
ORA-12154: TNS:Couldn't resolve service name
The problem, the TNS is correct, because I copied the hoststring from the tnsnames.ora. Also I can connect to the database by using the given hostname as follows:
connect fzanalyze/[email protected]
connected
What could be the problem, the I get the tns-Error, although I can connect normal to the database??
Thanks for helping
Dana

Dana,
Unlike Kamal, I don't use SQLNET anymore (isn't it obsolete from 8i+?), so I don't have any sqlnet.ora on my client or server.
I'm not really a sysop, so no clever thoughts behind the following ideas, I just use these for development purposes at home:
IP range at home = 192.168.x.x segment (another router server connects to the internet)
Oracle server computer name = dbserver.seinpost.nl (local address = 192.168.1.110)
instance entry in $TNS_ADMIN/listener.ora @ server:
    (SID_DESC =
      (GLOBAL_DBNAME = inst04.seinpost.nl)
      (ORACLE_HOME = /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1)
      (SID_NAME = inst04)
    )instance entry in $TNS_ADMIN/tnsnames.ora @ server:
INST04.SEINPOST.NL =
(DESCRIPTION =
    (ADDRESS_LIST =
      (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = dbserver.seinpost.nl)(PORT = 1521))
    (CONNECT_DATA =
      (SERVICE_NAME = inst04.seinpost.nl)
)instance entry in tnsnames.ora @ client:
INST04 =
(DESCRIPTION =
    (ADDRESS_LIST =
      (ADDRESS =
        (PROTOCOL = TCP)
          (HOST = 192.168.1.110)
            (PORT = 1521)
    (CONNECT_DATA =
      (SERVICE_NAME = inst04.seinpost.nl)
)So again, no sqlnet.ora and as you can see only on my client I use local IP addresses to prevent my client for searching the internet for the non-existing dbserver.seinpost.nl address
Hope this helps,
Michiel

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by cindy spearman ([email protected]):
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