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: THANKS

It means dip can find the IP address for the hostmachine you specified
in the get $local command..

you need to add those hostnames to /etc/hosts

example:

#/etc/hosts
127.0.0.1       localhost
204.97.12.50    rmc1 rmc1.crocker.com
204.97.12.99    portmaster1 portmaster1.crocker.com
204.97.12.48    falcon falcon.crocker.com

portmaster1 is my SLIP/PPP terminal server
falcon is the name of my machine I'm connecting via SLIP

in my sample.dip if have

get $local falcon.crocker.com
get $remote portmaster1.crocker.com
port cua
speed spd_vhi
mode CSLIP

either add the info to your /etc/hosts or use IP numbers in the the
sample.dip (eg.  get $local 204.97.12.48)

BTW, 115200 CSLIP is reallllll nice... Mosaic is actually usable.

L8r
-Matt

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THANKS

Brian

: It means dip can find the IP address for the hostmachine you specified
: in the get $local command..

: you need to add those hostnames to /etc/hosts

: example:

: #/etc/hosts
: 127.0.0.1     localhost
: 204.97.12.50  rmc1 rmc1.crocker.com
[...]

Functions like gethostbyname expect the FQDN at the second column. A correct
entry for rmc1 (and the other entries) would be:

204.97.12.50    rmc1.crocker.com        rmc1

Peter

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: When ever I run dip, it just give me "Host name lookup failure".
: What does this mean and what are the files dip look for???

Hi Brian,

   It means that you dip is having problems resolving a hostname.
Make sure you have the correct entries in /etc/hosts for your host and
the host you are connecting to.

peace, Ben
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