In article <jim-0106971340160001_at_iplink005.crocker.com>, Jim Pistrang
<jim_at_jpcr.com> writes
>Keywords: Network Server 500, TCP, Oracle
>
>Please Help!!
>
>I'm trying to set up a Network Server 500 with Oracle 7.3 Workgroup Server
>for AIX so I can access Oracle from Macintosh clients using TCP over an
>ethernet network. I'm having a lot of difficulty in a number of different
>areas...I'd LOVE to talk to someone who's got this configuration set up.
>
>I think that part of my problem is the TCPIP setup of the 500 prior to the
>Oracle installation. I'm able to set up a TCP address on the 500, and
>successfully PING it from itself, as well as from another Mac on the
>network. In the TCP configuration on the 500 I also give it a Host Name
>and a Domain Name. I'm able to PING using the Host Name from the 500, but
>I'm NOT able to PING from a Mac using the Host Name, or a combination of
>Host Name and Domain Name. I think this is part of my problem, but I'm
>not sure.
>
>When I start the Oracle installation, it prompts for a host_name.domain_name.
>
>At the end of the Oracle install, it opens a Mosaic Browser & goes to the
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Sorry, I don't have experience with your hardware, but you _must_ get
your TCP/IP working properly before starting with any of the other
stuff. Specifically, you must be able to ping the server from the
clients, using the hostname. Have you configured whatever is the Mac
equivalent of the /etc/hosts file properly?
--
Paul Brewer
Received on Sun Jun 01 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT
