In article <3556fb8f.18489540_at_news.compuserve.com>,
syd_at_compuserve.comz (Paul Smith) wrote:
>
> "Terry Engelstad" <terry_at_interaccess.com> wrote:
>
> >Does anyone know why, when I try to connect to my Ora8 server across our LAN
> >using TCP/IP, it starts up my dialer. When I click on cancel (without
> >completing the dial-out) it connects fine. If I let the dialer finish
> >dialing to my default (which is my ISP) it still connects just fine. If I
> >remove the TCP entry from tnsnames.ora and leave a named pipe entry it works
> >just fine. What is it about TCP that makes it want to have a phone
> >connection. Is it the Stack????
> >
> >
>
> I've had this all along on my Windows 95 setup With Oracle 7.3. I've been
> informed by various people that it's caused by the initialisation of the sockets
> DLL. My original thoughts on this were along the lines of "if the machine I want
> to talk to is already on my local network and already in my hosts file, why the
> heck does the dial-up dialog appear?" It appears that whoever wrote sockets
> didn't think the same way as you or I...8-(
>
> I just put up with it, since it only happens on my personal machine, which has
> DUN installed.
>
> --
> Paul Smith
> Technical Manager, SDR Systems Ltd
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Our network administrator (who is in the process of installing MS Proxy
Server) tells me that IP addresses with the first number of 10 or less
are not internet addresses. I don't know if that's the case, but if you
are in a position to change the address on the server, you could give
it a shot.
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Received on Mon May 11 1998 - 13:20:44 CDT
