Well, you probably should be running DNS rather than using a HOSTS file.
With DNS running, you don't need to edit any system files, nor worry about
keeping them in sync when your servers' IP address changes. "Sticks and
stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me." :-)

--Dean

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brad Pepers [mailto:brad@...]
> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 3:37 AM
> To: ib-support@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [ib-support] Re: Accessing Interbase on a LAN
>
>
> > It seems your Win 98 clients are missing an entry in their HOSTS file.
> > AFAIK, there is no automated tool for this - you must open it in a text
> > editor and add an entry like:
> >
> > 222.22.0.22 Rivendell #InterBase server.
>
> I've seen it mentioned a few times that connecting using the IP address
> directly is not a good idea but I've yet to read an explaination
> of why. It
> would be nice to do this since it would remove having to have the
> user edit a
> system file like this (or adding functionality that does this to my
> application). Whats the problem?
>
> --
> Brad Pepers
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