Phillip Lord wrote:
> ...It uses the default address of "localhost", but as windows
> networking is a hack added at the last minute (and nothing will
> convince me otherwise!) this forces a DNS lookup, and hence the
> connection.
>
Hi,
Maybe this is the fix - isn't there a file that comes with Windows
called "HOSTS.SAM"? On Win 95, this is in the C:\WINDOWS or
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory I think.
Rename this file to "HOSTS", and add entries into it for your localhost,
and other host on your lan, if necessary.
Reboot. (Of course!! :-)
AFAIK, you'll now get MS's approximation of Unix name lookup: it'll
first look in this file, and if the name is not found, will try DNS.
- Robb
