Hi,

> OK, i try to answer this one:
>
> The hostname is the name for an IP-adress which you get either from your
> DNS-Server or from your HOST-file.
> So, if your Network-admin doesn't update the DNS-System for your PC,
> then you have to put the hostname, ip-Adress in your HOST-File.
> You can check if your DNS-server knows your hostname with:
> nslookup hostname
> This should give you the IP-adress. You also can try:
> nslookup ip-addr
> which should give you the hostname.
> I think nslookup is only available on Win-Professional Versions (if i'm
> right).
> If nslookup doesn't give you the right answer, then put the hostname,
> ipaddr pair into your HOST-file.

Nevertheless, I'm still a bit unsure :-)

Take this:
Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]
(C) Copyright 1985-2000 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Martijn>nslookup iduna
Server: ns-cache-1.ns.nl.demon.net
Address: 194.159.73.136

*** ns-cache-1.ns.nl.demon.net can't find iduna: Non-existent domain

C:\Documents and Settings\Martijn>ping iduna

Pinging iduna [192.168.2.5] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.2.5: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.2.5: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 192.168.2.5:
Packets: Sent = 2, Received = 2, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 15ms, Average = 7ms
Control-C
^C
C:\Documents and Settings\Martijn>

"iduna" (one of my servers) can be found by PING and
runs Firebird. I can use the server name without problems.

It doesn't do nslookup though.

Ah well, it works fine here, so that's a start...

Thanks for the explanation anyway.

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
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