MacTCP without DNS support? (was Re: No telnet under A/UX?)

[Thomas Lenggenhager]

In article <1991Jan4.220228.4505 at athena.mit.edu> hbh at athena.mit.edu (Heidi Hammel) writes:
>I just installed A/UX 2.0 on my Mac IIci.  I have been running NCSA 
>Telnet 2.3 on my Mac via an ethertalk card and thinwire connections.  
>But it won't run under A/UX.  Says it's not 32-bit clean.  
>I tried relogging in under 24-bit (just like it says in the TFM for 
>running non-32-bit-clean programs). No luck.
>
>It _acts_ like its working, but just can't locate the machine.  In the 
>control planel under MacTCP, when I look at the IP addresses and defaults 
>WITH A/UX,  they are all O's.  WITHOUT A/UX, they are set to the correct 
>IP address and defaults.  I cannot change them under A/UX - says they 
>are protected.
>
>Any clues?  Something silly?  I'm an experienced unix _user_ (read: _not_ 
>a system hacker) but very new to the Mac world.  Thanks for any help.
>--
>------   Heidi B. Hammel      (hbh at athena.mit.edu)     MIT 54-316
>--       Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences

The first problem you describe is just the warning documented somewhere in
the manual. You have to change a bit with the ResEdit to get it to
disappear.

The second problem I experienced with TCP/Connect II from InterCon as well.
It seems to me that the MacTCP under A/UX 2.0 doesn't support the DNS name to
address lookup. If you try to connect via the IP number it works perfectly.
Connecting by domain name always fails!

Question to Apple:
Why isn't this documented in the manual? Or is it just a bug and not a
feature?

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