Hello,
On 24-Jul-01, Julian wrote:
> Hello Elliott,
>
> On Mon, Jul 23, 2001, at 11:46 PM, you wrote:
>> Another minor one which doesn't prevent me from using these online
>> services is more of a nuisance (because I have to close an error message
>> window). When I dialup, I get the message:
>>
>> "Your IP address could not be resolved, so Miami has to fall back to
>> your IP address as your host name. Either your Internet Service
>> Provider does not support reverse mapping of the SLIP/PPP ports,
>> Or there is a problem with the DNS servers."
>>
>> I'm using Miami 3.2b, and the settings haven't changed (other than the
>> DNS numbers and our chosen dialup username when they changed over) since
>> starting internet
>> service with them.
>>
>> Elliott Olson on A1200 040/40
>>
>
> What you experienced is a common problem on your ISP's side,
> not on Miami's side. Remember, we have to work with various
> vagaries: our local telephone company for dialup service, with
> whom we can never trust that we will get or keep a connection,
> to contact other servers (computers), they depend on telephone
> lines also, and computers.
>
> All you can do when you see that error message is to hang up
> and dial again. Been there, done that.
For this one, I don't have to redial, because AFAIK it doesn't prevent me
from browsing and such. It's the other one where I have to redial, lost
DNS lookup.
> BTW, I am glad that Miami 3.2b is as complete as it is that
> it can properly detect such problems.
I guess this means that the Windoze TCP isn't complete then.
> Hope this helps.
not really, yet.
Elliott
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