Bill, We've been doing a little investigation as time permits. We have run through our debugger and watched the code execute step by step. The connection to the pavilion IP 131.156.2.132 is resolved fine through the standard MS internet modules. These modules are not our code ( we call them from our code ) but are produced by MS. However, the IP 131.156.2.135 which is the CLX fails in the MS code. It never gets to the point of even using the port because it fails in trying to identify the basic IP itself. The function of the MS code is to access the web DNS and resolve the IP to it's true IP. Sometimes they are different or aliased.
For whatever reason, the pavilion IP 131.156.2.132 is handled fine through the MS code. But the clx IP 131.156.2.135 is rejected. The Microsoft code returns an error message when it tries to resolve the DNS: Invalid address, no valid address record found. Since the failure is occuring in standard Microsoft code, we really don't have any idea what is happening. It could be a bug in the MS code ( although very unlikely it would pick on this one particular IP ) or it is a configuration issue at the cluster site. Or some other configuration issue with DNS. Programs that don't use the standard Microsoft modules may circumvent the issue by brute force, but those that rely on standard DNS resolution would fail. That's about all I can say about it. Regards, Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: "FireBrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "DXBase List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 1:14 PM Subject: [DXBase] W9NIU node failure info > I appreciate all the members who have helped and made suggestions. > In an attempt to summarize all that we have tried, I'm posting this clues. > Somewhere is the clue to unravel this. > It's something simple I'm sure. > But I've just about exhausted my ideas. > I've tried the following formats, all created with DXB's Modify Hosts File > feature. > Please note there are two different addresses. > 132 is the Old Node, 135 is the CLX node > > 131.156.2.132 W9NIU #Pav > connects me to the OLD Pavilion version of W9NIU > If the address is 131.156.2.132 # W9NIU, I can NOT connect. I must remove > the # character. > > 131.156.2.135:41112 w9niu > 131.156.2.135:41112#w9niu > 131.156.2.135:41112 #w9niu > 131.156.2.135:41112 # w9niu > 131.156.2.135:41112 W9NIU > 131.156.2.135:41112#W9NIU > 131.156.2.135:41112 #W9NIU > 131.156.2.135:41112 # W9NIU > All the above get the two error messages, "could not connect" & "Packet Comm > Mgr init failed" > > 131.156.2.135 41112 > The above does NOT get any error messages and a inet packet window appears > but there is no connection or activity which is reasonable as there was no > login request for DXB to act upon. > > Neither W9NIU IP numbers have 'Literal' DNS names as they are not > 'registered'. > So only a IP number can be used. > > k3nc.no-ip.com:41112 # K3NC works instantly. So the port does not appear to > be the issue. > > If I use DXTelnet to connect to the new W9NIU CLX cluster, I get instant > connection. So I must assume it's not my computer nor internet connection. > If I use Windows XP applet HyperTerminal, I get instant connection. > > So in summary > DXB and/or Packet Com Mngr seem to have an issue with the NIU IP numbers or > format as evidenced by the necessity to remove the # character for the > Pavilion version. > As one IP will work with the Pavilion node and the other IP will not work > with the CLX node, I'm guessing it has nothing to do with the > nonregistration of the two IP numbers. They don't need a Literal address. > DXB and/or Packet Com Mngr seem to have an issue with the NIU IP numbers > when a port number is included. But the K3NC node does not have a problem. > The DXB login system works correctly for other nodes whether CLX, Spider, > ARC, or Pavilion. > Can this be an issue with the font used? > > I'm thoroughly stumped after spending quite a few hours investigating this > every way I can think of. > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > All things are possible except skiing through a revolving door. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Bill H. in Chicagoland > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _______________________________________________ > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase
