[android-developers] Re: getbyname() on LAN

2011-03-23 Thread Dirk Bruere
Thanks. I'll check out the references tomorrow. Right now it's 04:24 here The app I am writing is for a tablet to be connected to customers LAN designed to control an XP based machine named Base. I have no control over their router settings. Nor can I rely on them having an active Internet

[android-developers] Re: getbyname() on LAN

2011-03-22 Thread Bob Kerns
By setting up your LAN properly. You will need: 1. Your LAN's DHCP server to know the proper location of your DNS server. This is the DNS server your phone will use. 2. Your DNS server to know the names addresses of your MS machines. DNS is how your phone (and anything else even