Re: DNS and service name

"andy" <news_at_info-line.it> wrote in message news:3bd7cf38.4814272_at_news.cis.dfn.de...
> I use an Oracle database 8i on a Windows 2000 server. The server
> hasn't installed active directory and hasn't installed DNS server. The
> server is a stand-alone server and isn't join to a domain on the
> network.
> Suppose my server is called host and complete name is host.test.local.
> From a client if i ping the host name (HOST) will be ok. From Net8
> Assistant i've configured a service name with host name=HOST. If i
> test the service i receive an error like 'target host does not exist'.
> Modifying the hosts file on client in this way:
> ip address HOST.test.local
>
> that's ok.
> Why Net8 doesn't resolve host name?
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
> Best regards.
> Andy.

Not true

Net8 will use normal dns procedures, so first take the hosts file and then use DNS
127.0.0.1 localhost
should work on any config
and it looks like there is something wrong with your hosts file.

Hth,

Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA Received on Thu Oct 25 2001 - 04:35:24 CDT