Re: (PM) PM4 host prompting problem

Thomas Kinnen (tkinnen@livingston.com)
Fri, 05 Feb 1999 18:44:22 -0800

"Joshua M. Thompson" wrote:

> On the PM4 however, the unit always comes back with "Unable to resolve
> host name or address" whenever I enter a host name at the host: prompt. if
> I enter an IP address it works fine (access enhancement kicks in and asks
> for my login ID and password). I have quadruple-checked my configuration

It sounds like DNS is getting blocked or not resolved. Have you tried setting
up a ptrace filter and looking to see if the DNS request is going out and
getting sent back to the PM?

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