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From: sday@ariel.unm.edu (Stephen F. Day   UNM CIRT)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: IP Addresses for Sites
Keywords: nslookup, TCP/IP
Message-ID: <1991Mar14.211330.16301@ariel.unm.edu>
Date: 14 Mar 91 21:13:30 GMT
References: <2770014@hparc0.HP.COM>
Reply-To: sday@ariel.unm.edu (Stephen F. Day   UNM CIRT)
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
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Originator: sday@triton.unm.edu


In article <2770014@hparc0.HP.COM>, doug@hparc0.HP.COM (Doug Parsons) writes:
> **Flame on**
> 
> Can we all try to make it a habit of including the ip address in
> numeric form whenever we specify a site?
> 
> For example, "you can get it on cica.cica.indiana.edu (129.79.20.22)".
> 
> I get so frustrated when I read a note that doesn't include the numeric
> address.  Please don't assume that everyone reading your response has
> access to a lookup table or that their system knows about the site by
> name alone.

A good suggestion, Doug!  I'll do my best to remember to post both in the
future.
 
> It is easy to forget that the rest of the world isn't as knowledgeable as
> we.

Is it my understanding that you do not have `nslookup' at your site?  I find
that TCP/IP tool invaluable!  It's really great for converting verbose site addresses into their numeric IP address and vice versa. 

In fact, that's how I usually translate site addresses into their respective
IP address....  I pop up a window (what a concept! ;^) and invoke nslookup.

> douginoz.

Oh... in my signature below, ariel.UNM.EDU == 129.24.8.1

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