Name resolution

johnm at wdi.disney.com johnm at wdi.disney.com
Wed Dec 16 17:51:18 UTC 1998


rob van den berg <rvdberg at best.ms.philips.com> wrote:
> I have been playing around with Squeak now for a few weeks, with 2.2 and
> 2.3b. Both are very stable on my setup (Mac 7200, MacOS 8.1). However
> there is one thing that does not seem to work: Squeak doesn't seem to be
> able to resolve domain names (which also means that I cannot update from
> the servers). If I use the raw IP number I can e.g. use the browser. if
> I use Netscape, or any other network tool, at the same time, I don't
> have any problems with name resolution.
> 
> I have tried looking at the source of  NetNameResolver but as this class
> mainly uses primitives I cannot find anything. Does anyone have a clue
> what the problem is?

When this happens to me, it is because I'm using PPP and I didn't specify
the address of my local name server. Note that if you switch between
PPP and some other kind of TCP/IP, the Mac seems to forget the name
server settings.

If this isn't the problem, try using some other program (such as Fetch
or Netscape) to access the Squeak update servers by name. It could be
that for some reason these names are not visible from your network,
perhaps due to firewall problems.

Please let us know when you figure out what the problem is; I'm
sure other folks will have the same problem.

	-- John





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