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From: romkey@asylum.sf.ca.us (John Romkey)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Hostname resolution for PC/IP
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Date: 22 Nov 89 17:55:48 GMT
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PC/IP supports the IEN 116 name server protocol and the Domain Name
System (DNS) protocol. These days most UNIX systems ought to support
DNS.

However...Netwatch doesn't try to do any name translations. It will
show you the IP addresses because that's all it can do; it doesn't
have a usable protocol stack inside it and therefore can't translate
IP addresses into hostnames.

Some commercial versions of Netwatch, like FTP Software's LANWatch,
can.
			- john romkey
USENET/UUCP: romkey@asylum.sf.ca.us	Internet: romkey@ftp.com
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