[snip]
>> JA> "Your IP address could not be resolved, so Miami has to fall
>> JA> back to
>> JA> your IP address as your host name. Either your Internet
>> JA> Service
>> JA> Provider does not support reverse mapping of the SLIP/PPP
>> JA> ports,
>> JA> Or there is a problem with the DNS servers."
[snip]
>> JA What you experienced is a common problem on your ISP's side,
>> JA not on Miami's side. Remember, we have to work with various
>> JA vagaries: our local telephone company for dialup service, with
>> JA whom we can never trust that we will get or keep a connection,
>> JA let alone a clean connection (bless their greedy little hearts);
>> JA the servers our ISP uses (They use many, not just their own.)
>> JA and the servers with which our ISP servers must connect to reach
>> JA a URL. Now, presuming that your local phone company is not
>> JA messing things up for you, there are always the computers used
>> JA as servers which (especially if they are MS Windows NT) can
>> JA easily foul up. And, of course, since each server must be able
>> JA to contact other servers (computers), they depend on telephone
>> JA lines also, and computers.
>> JA
>> JA All you can do when you see that error message is to hang up
>> JA and dial again. Been there, done that.
I am using miamdx (R) and I get that message quite a bit lately.
I cancel the message and continue as normal. Everything
works fine. Just my experience.
regards,
Macaroni
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