hostname

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

on 12/5/03 7:19 PM, Michael Krugman at admin at ktinet.net wrote:

Hi Mike,

> I am working on a migration project, using OS X 10.3.2, RB5.22, V4RB
> Client and Valentina Server.  I have a question concerning HOSTNAME.  I
> am able to get this to work correctly on my local machine as well as
> over the network.  When connecting to my network, I use the static IP
> address of the machine, for example:  hostname = "192.168.10.199" and
> can connect with no problem.

> A good deal of my clients do not have
> static IP addresses.  In a lot of these cases, IP addressing is handled
> dynamically, either from their Internet Provider or a router which
> assigns dynamic addresses.

> How is hostname handled in this case?

> Must every computer have a static IP address for this to work?

But dynamic IP get only clients, correct?
This is not problem.

Import that when client connect to SERVER, he must know its IP or domain
name.

You can specify not only IP, but e.g.  Www.Mycompany.com/...


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Ruslan Zasukhin      [ I feel the need...the need for speed ]
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