There is no resolver that comes with NW4, although there is a
resolv.nlm available.  NW was, I suppose designed as a server rather
than a client and they didn't at the time think about these things
(IPX being their flavour).

I tend to use the address rather than the name.

Tom

> I had a problem a few days ago that seems almost exactly the same.
>
> I could ping the ADSM AIX server from the novell client, and the server
> could ping the Novell box BUT dsmc sched failed with TCP/IP connection
> failure...
>
>
> I eventually tracked it down to the SYS:\etc\hosts file.
>
> It seems that ping uses DNS for the name lookup not the etc/hosts but
> DSMC SCHED looks in the \etc\hosts file if it finds a named address in
> dsm.opt rather than a dotted ecimal address.
>
> So, I just put the correct IP and name of the ADSM box in the clients
> /etc/hosts file and all worked fine.
>
> Matthew Warren,
> ADSM(FAB) & Unix support.
>         HOIST : Head Office Infrastructure Support Team.
>         Marks & Spencer PLC
>         Michael House
>         Baker Street
>         London.
>
>
>         Tel: 01712681522
>         Mail: matthew.warren AT marks-and-spencer DOT com
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeff Bruns [SMTP:Bruns.Jeff AT PRINCIPAL DOT COM]
> > Sent: Monday, March 16, 1998 2:41 PM
> > To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Subject:      DNS name connection w/Netware
> >
> > I'm trying to connect to our ADSM server by placing the DNS name for
> > it in the
> > dsm.opt file on our Netware 4.11 servers.  The connection cannot be
> > established, however if I place the actual IP address then everything
> > is
> > good-to-go.  If I load Ping.Nlm I can ping the ADSM server using the
> > DNS name
> > but I still get nowhere through ADSM.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> >
> > Jeff Bruns
> >
> > bruns.jeff AT principal DOT com
>
>

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