I have ZERO special knowledge of the tools in question - it was just general TCP/IP 411.
Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Mason Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2006 9:35 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: TCPIP Question Howard, Charles seem to know something about these "tools" which I do not - although I took a scan at the list and some of them I recognise. Putting my post together with his, if you really want to use a client "tool" program to look into your own system as server, Charles suggested the so-called "loopback" address, 127.0.0.1 (Full stop or period deliberately missed off the sentence end for clarity) You'll notice this isn't a name as you imply is requested by the "tool" program. I'll assume the "tool" program is "well-written" so there should be no problem using the address 127.0.0.1 in place of the "name". Incidentally, this substituting of the IP address for a name is a useful thing to know in all sorts of standard IP "client" situations. For example, if your browser fails to find a web page it may be because your name server is in difficulties. If you suspect this is the case - and you know the IP address of the site, you can remove the part of the URL between the "//" and the first "/", if any, and replace it with the raw IP address. Similarly you can use an IP address in place of the name when using a TELNET or FTP client. (My Windows NT clients' help text even says "host name or IP address".) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
