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From: mosemann@sardion.unl.edu (Russell Mosemann)
Subject: The News on Mac vs NNTP
Message-ID: <1991May3.020349.23317@unlinfo.unl.edu>
Summary: The News on a LocalTalk'ed Mac does work with NNTP.
Keywords: The News Mac NNTP
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Date: Fri, 3 May 1991 02:03:49 GMT
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   The News (a news reader for the Macintosh) does not work for Macs on a
LocalTalk network tied to the Ethernet with a FastPath or a GatorBox.
These "gateways" are configured to dynamically assign IP numbers to the
Macs as they ask for them.  Thus, these numbers are not entered into the
name server host table.
   As I watch the packets going across the network, The News makes the
connection, NNTP 1.5.11 does a name lookup on the IP number, finds that
there is no name for this number, and then issues an "I can't talk to
you, go away." message.
   We have our IP number in the access file with asterisks for the
subnet and the host numbers, but that doesn't help.  It seems that NNTP
is looking specifically for a name.  (We allow reading and posting, in
case you are wondering about that.)
   Is there anything I can do to change this, or is this a fact of life?
--
Russell Mosemann                  Internet:             mosemann@unl.edu
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