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From: ih@doc.ic.ac.uk (Ian Harries)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: FTP for MacTCP?
Message-ID: <1991Jun11.114625.6426@doc.ic.ac.uk>
Date: 11 Jun 91 11:46:25 GMT
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In article <25295@unix.SRI.COM> mxmora@unix.sri.com (Matt Mora) writes:

> In article <1991Jun10.025124.27673@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
>                        resnick@cogsci.uiuc.edu (Pete Resnick) writes:
> > An FTP client for the Mac is available. XferIt, written by Steve
> > Falkenburg, is available from ftp.apple.com in the dts/mac/hacks
> > directory. It is shareware and a really nice program.
> >
>
> That's really funny. Because once you get xferit you might not
> be able to use xferit to get files from ftp.apple.com. Apple has
> implemented some kind of ip number lookup to see who you are.
> If your network number is not in some database it will not allow a connection.
> My mac sits behind a gatorbox and my network number is assigned dynamically.
> So there is not entry in the database for my mac. So I have to
> use the sun to get files from apple. Its kind of ironic.

Since the dynamic network numbers are assigned from a fixed range, there is
no reason for EACH potential number to have an entry in /etc/hosts. This
would solve your problem.

It's what we do here ...

    (except substitute Webster MultiPort GateWay for Cayman GatorBox !)
>
>
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>Matthew Mora                |   my Mac  Matt_Mora@sri.com
>SRI International           |  my unix  mxmora@unix.sri.com
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