[Completely off topic] host management woes under Windows 98

[Lee Hodgson - DomainGuideBook.com]

Can anyone help me out. This problem is driving me mad.

I have set up a host called reg.domainguidebook.com. Other people can access
this host, but it refuses to resolve using IE5 or Netscape on Windows 98 on
my PC.

I pinged the server on my PC, and got the following results:
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Looking up 'reg.domainguidebook.com'...
Host lookup failed
WinSock error 11001: Host not found
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But then I ping the IP address and it works fine:
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THIS IS AN UNREGISTERED COPY.  PLEASE REGISTER AFTER 30 DAYS.
Starting ping - Oct 04, 2000  18:45:49
Pinging 212.67.193.17....
IP Address RTT TTL Bytes Received
212.67.193.17  3925 241                     62
212.67.193.17  797 241                     62
212.67.193.17  852 241                     62
212.67.193.17  937 241                     62
212.67.193.17  1107 241                     62
Ping Successful
5 packets received/5 transmitted :   0% PACKET LOSS
Round Trip Time (in milliseconds) Max/Min/Av: 3925/797/1523
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So what could be wrong with my system that it refuses to resolve
reg.domainguidebook.com, but can resolve the actual IP address.

Any help appreciated. It's kind of hard developing a site when you can't
view it locally ;-)

Lee Hodgson
http://DomainGuideBook.com