Re: [NTLK] cannot use .local address in Newt's Cape

From: Steve Weyer (saweyer_at_comcast.net)
Date: Wed Sep 08 2004 - 03:47:57 PDT


hi Thomas,

If nothing's changed on your Newton (i.e.., NIE setup for DNS servers)
and you can connect to your laptop with direct IP address (can you
connect to other named sites?), then one possibility is a corrupt DNS
cache. Under Extras > Storage, select Internet DNS Cache, then Delete.

Steve
weyer_at_kagi.com
http://www.kagi.com/weyer/

On Sep 8, 2004, at 3:29 AM, newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net wrote:

> From: Thomas A Isenbarger <isen_at_plantpath.wisc.edu>
> Subject: [NTLK] cannot use .local address in Newt's Cape
> Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 19:57:55 -0500
>
> this has worked for me in the past, but now it has stopped working. i
> am trying to connect to my laptop's web server from my newton by
> entering http://computername.local:port/, but i get an error that there
> is "No response from my DNS server".
>
> i can connect to the same laptop with Dock using TCP/IP and zeroconf
> name lookup. i can connect to the same laptop by entering its IP
> address (10.0.1.3). my wireless network is set up using an Airport
> Express.
>
> any ideas?
>

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