Newsgroups: news.software.nntp Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!unlinfo.unl.edu!sardion!mosemann From: mosemann@sardion.unl.edu (Russell Mosemann) Subject: Re: The News on Mac vs NNTP Message-ID: <1991May3.130444.26161@unlinfo.unl.edu> Keywords: The News Mac NNTP Sender: news@unlinfo.unl.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: sardion.unl.edu Reply-To: mosemann@unl.edu Organization: University of Nebraska - Lincoln References: <1991May3.020349.23317@unlinfo.unl.edu> Distribution: na Date: Fri, 3 May 1991 13:04:44 GMT Lines: 24 In heal@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (Loren E. Heal) writes: >mosemann@sardion.unl.edu (Russell Mosemann) writes: >> 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 >That's the problem. We have our IP addresses statically assigned, >and this seems to fix The News. Both Fastpaths and Gatorboxes can >work this way. Assigning the IP addresses statically or dynamically doesn't actually "fix" The News, because the problem, if it is one, is with NNTP. NNTP does not seem to be satisfied with just the number. It wants a name. I bet that you have those static addresses defined in your name server tables along with names. If at all possible, I would prefer not to enter around 600 IP numbers into our name server. Is there a way to convince NNTP that IP numbers are OK? -- Russell Mosemann Internet: mosemann@unl.edu Network Analyst Bitnet: mosemann@unlvax1 Computing Resource Center UUCP: ..!uunet!hoss.unl.edu!mosemann University of Nebraska - Lincoln Voice: (402) 472-5930 Fax: 472-5280