RE: Networking Guidlines

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Maybe this comes from IBM's use of HOSTS (and LMHOSTS? for NetServer?) when
you set up connections in Client Access - Ops Nav. Early versions of
Express had no option for a DNS, AFAIK.

Another app that uses HOSTS is WDT/WDSC. If you use the autoconnect method
of hooking up to your 400, it creates entries in HOSTS.

Now, I mentioned LMHOSTS - this is mentioned as a tool to use for fixing
NetServer problems, in IBM KB articles, I believe. Does this open up the
WINS can of worms? And how do we deal with that?

At 01:53 AM 8/1/02 -0500, you wrote:

>The hosts file has it's place.  What annoys me the most about the hosts
>file is when people on the list say "don't forget you have to add your PC
>to the hosts file."  As if it would ever stop a service from working.
>Where do people get this strange idea that in order to connect with a
>TN5250 client, that they have to be in the AS/400's hosts file?!

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