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From: karn@jupiter (Phil R. Karn)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: Some questions about new(?) KA9Q
Keywords: tcp/ip ka9q hosts internet-addresses
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Date: 22 Aug 89 20:20:31 GMT
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The only version of the KA9Q package that I am personally supporting is
the so-called "NOS" version. It can be obtained by anonymous FTP from
flash.bellcore.com:

/pub/ka9q/src.arc - sources in ARC format (use PKXARC to extract)
/pub/ka9q/net.exe - executable for IBM PC

This version does indeed use the domain system. It has a local disk
cache that resides in /domain.txt. Each entry in that file consists of a
line of ascii text in the following format:

sun.ka9q.ampr.org.	IN	A	128.96.160.1

(note the trailing period on the domain name!)

You need to "seed" the domain.txt file with enough entries to get you
through the autoexec.net file. Once you're up and running, you can
telnet, ping, FTP or send mail to sites not in the domain.txt file if
you have specified at least one domain server with the "domain
addserver" command.  Responses from the server(s) will be appended to
the domain.txt file in the order they arrive so that subsequent searches
for the same name will not cause additional requests on the network.

I am very concerned about your report of FAT-trashing. This is the first
such report I've received, and if you can isolate the problem I would
very much appreciate the details.  Be sure you start with the latest
code.

Phil