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Re: socket issue [message #52739 is a reply to message #52605]

Fri, 23 February 2007 02:36

Nigel Wade
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Bringfried Stecklum wrote:

> One of my programs retrieves data over the web using the socket
> procedure. It also runs on the laptop which has different network
> settings depending on where I am. Usually the IDL session is kept
> running when hibernating/resuming the system. In this case I noticed
> that socket does not become aware of the change in the network settings
> and fails
>
> % SOCKET: Unable to lookup host. Unit: 1, File: remotehost
>
> Of course remotehost can be reached. So it seems that the network
> configuration is fixed upon IDL startup, and not dynamically updated.
>
> regards,
>
> Bringfried Stecklum

"Unable to lookup host." looks like a failure in DNS hostname resolution. What
host is it trying to connect to, and can you resolve that hostname outside of
IDL?

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Nigel Wade, System Administrator, Space Plasma Physics Group,
University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
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