Multi-threaded-server

I have a problem that is making me pull out what remaining hair I have left.

I have an NT server running Oracle 8i Release 2 in my lab. Supposing that the name of my server is 'Jupiter', that is the host name I use in the tnsname.ora file on my desktop machine which I use to access the database remotely. I also have the host name in the listener.ora on the NT server. However, if I use the parameter:

mts_dispatchers = "(protocol=TCP)"

I cannot make any connections via the multi-threaded server (dedicated servers work fine).

If I change this to:

mts_dispatchers = "(address=(protocol=tcp)(host=Jupiter))"

it still doesn't work.

However, if I change it to

mts_dispatchers = "(address=(protocol=tcp)(host=123.12.123.12))"

(of course, that is a dummy ip address, I just wanted to show that I switched to the IP address for "Jupiter")

then the shared connections work fine.

This leads me to believe that there is something wrong with reverse DNS lookup, but I don't know how to prove this to the network administrator since he doesn't understand how Oracle and Net8 work.

Does anyone understand what is happening here? What needs to be done to correct this problem? Received on Thu Dec 21 2000 - 12:47:14 CST