At 10:23 PM 12/07/1999 -0700, Robert Aragon wrote:
>Hi everybody,
>
>I am trying to figure out how to get a domain name to ip address and
>vice-versa conversion going.
>
>Example:
>
>"telnet a_valid_host_name"
>"ping a_valid_host_name"
>
>These 2 lines above do not work!
>
DNS, you need some sort of DNS (dynamic Naming Service). If you are dialing
in to somewhere, you should either be getting your DNS info from the host
when you dial in or maybe your Service Provider tells you what should be
configured before you dial in.
david
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