I don't want to setup DNS as the possible range of IP addresses is huge. I would have to add entries for all the RFC 1918 address space, that would be hundreds of thousands of records to add to a DNS server. This is a lab where network engineers replicate routing issues or test new routers/switches etc so networks come and go all the time and they can be anywhere within private address space.
Thanks Pat >>>>> "Ethan" == Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ethan> On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 11:38:37AM +0100, Patrick Colbeck Ethan> wrote: >> I am assuming that the server is doing a reverse lookup on all >> incoming tcp conections. Since the test lab has no DNS and the >> machines can have an ip address in a range that covers several >> thousand addresses (its a claa B network) I really don't want >> to type all the ip addresses into the hosts file with dummy >> names. Is there anyway to turn of the reverse lookup and make >> life easier as this is a secure network not connected to the >> Internet ? Ethan> why don't you just setup dns? it would make your (and Ethan> everyone elses) life alot easier. Ethan> -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/