On 2013-05-01, at 10:11, Staller, Allan wrote: > Your Doman Name Service (DNS) should be able to overcome this difficulty. > A DNS translates an name (e.g. HOSTNAME) to an IP address (e.g. > 192.168.81.99) or vice versa.
This problem most often arises because of acquisitions, reorganizations, recombinations, in which case preserving the old domain name may not be an option. > If you are not changing the IP address, as long as the original name is known > to the DNS, the connection should be successful. > Which feels backward. Domain names are supposed to be stable; IP addresses relatively volatile. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
