Search Again: Re: Problems resolving hostname from PC and Router... From: Chris Buxton Date: Wednesday, October 7, 1998 Time: 1:31:00 am >It is possible that our upstream provider was having problems with their >dns (can't confirm) but why would a Mac be able to resolve the address but >not PCs? The PCs are all running WIN95. Of all your questions, I only have an answer for this one. When a host need name resolution, it asks its DNS server. It sends a "recursive" request, meaning it wants the server to do all the work. However, if, for whatever reason, it doesn't get a full answer, it needs to be able to do the work itself. Windows can't. MacOS can, with both Open Transport and MacTCP. The difference is that Windows doesn't know how to issue iterative queries and follow up on the answers. The resolver built into the MacOS (the hidden system extension MacTCP DNR) does know how to do this. Hope this makes sense. ________________________________ Chris Buxton Internet and Database Consultant

Messages In This Thread: Problems resolving hostname from PC and Router... by Barry Cotter on Oct 7, 1998 at 1:14:00 am Re: Problems resolving hostname from PC and Router... by Chris Buxton on Oct 7, 1998 at 1:31:00 am