[omniORB] Use of gethostbyname to resolve dotted decimal IP addresses

[jon.kristensen@kongsberg-simrad.com]

Hi,

This is a follow-up on the message I sent September 24th (which I noticed
in the list, but have not yet got any feedback on).

I have now run a cross an instance where gethostbyname seems to fail given
a dotted decimal IP address under Windows NT. I will try to gather some
more info about this particular case, the only thing I know at the moment
is that it has NT SP6 and  omniORB beta2.

The omniORB config file has the entry:

     Endpoint = giop:tcp::900

The trace reports the proper IP addresses (real address first,loopback
address second).

Changing the endpoint spec to:

     Endpoint = giop:tcp:machinename:900

made everything work

We have other Windows NT setups that works Ok. As I said, I will try to
gather info about the differences.

I feel that this is a strong advocate towards the changes proposed in my
previous mail.

I would be happy to supply further information, trace logs, etc if
required. Please be specific in any requests and I will comlply.


regards,
Jon

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Jon Kristensen
Principal Engineer, SW Embedded Systems
Kongsberg Simrad AS, Horten, Norway
phone:    +47 33 02 39 34
fax: +47 33 04 76 19
email:    jon.kristensen@kongsberg-simrad.com