> Maybe the 1.4.1 JVM has an issue recovering once it thinks a host is down.
I don't mean to be cute, but are you sure that you are running on JVM 1.4.1 on that system? The defect you are describing is in the release notes for JVM 1.4.1: "Prior to J2SE 1.4 if InetAddress.getByName if a lookup to the name service failed then all subsequent lookups of that hostname would fail for the lifetime of the virtual machine." More details at http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/networking-relnotes.html. See also the javadocs: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/docs/api/java/net/InetAddress.html (section on InetAddress Caching) and http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/jcp/j2se-1_4-mr_docs-spec/net.html (the bottom of the page). You could also try 1.4.2, although I don't see anything in the release notes (http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/net/relnotes.html) that suggests a later fix. You could try setting networkaddress.cache.negative.ttl to 0, and see if that helps in your situation. --- Noel --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
