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From:Neil Bothwick
Date:20 Mar 2001 at 09:34:53
Subject:Re: IP addresses

Nick Darley-Jones said,

> Just to let you know I downloaded a program off Aminet called 'rxGetIP' and
> that gives me a string of numbers that resembles something close to my ISPs
> DNS server number.

That's probably your IP address.

> However, it does not give me a name.

Use MiamiResolve, or resolve if you have Genesis, to lookup the
hostname(s) associated with the address.

> The reason why I am doing this is because I am trying to set up a server
> with 'dynAMIte' and it doesn't want to work.

You're trying to run a server on a dialup connection? With a maximum
speed of 33K, almost certainly less with a V90 modem, it won't be much
fun to browse.

Neil



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