Mldonkey hostname ??

Paulo Cavalcanti promac at gmail.com
Mon Jan 28 09:32:40 UTC 2008


On Jan 28, 2008 2:52 AM, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:

> On Sun, 2008-01-27 at 00:50 -0500, William Case wrote:
> > My original attempt at configuration was 'case'.  CASE was only my
> > last attempt.  I have also tried 'localhost'.
> >
> > 'host case' (or localhost, or CASE) returns:
> > Host case not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
>
> This sounds like a name resolution problem.  However, not knowing the
> program, I don't know if it's trying to resolve the name locally, or
> externally on the internet.  Localhost, nor local machine names and
> local LAN IP addresses aren't going to resolve externally.
>
> Since you're talking about peer-to-peer software, it seems logical that
> the program has to know its external public address, to advertise those
> details to the rest of the peer group.  Others are going to connect to
> you, and they have to be able to do so.  Part of being able to do so is
> having the right address, that may involve hostname resolution, or
> perhaps just directly making use of your numerical IP address (*).  And
> firewalling is another part (the connection has to be able to get
> through).
>
> I'd suspect it just needs the external IP address.  Few people using
> peer-to-peer would have a hostname that could be externally resolved,
> certainly not the hostname that they expect (their machine name).
> Generally, those on an ISP get assigned a random dynamic IP address, and
> the ISP uses some of the numbers in generating a hostname that's
> applicable for that connection.  e.g. dialup166.188.example.com
>
> > I am somewhat confused by the warning. "change the 'hostname' option
> > to the correct IP address of the host running mldonkey".
>
> It would mean something like:  The hostname, i.e. "case", has to resolve
> against the IP it's located at, e.g. 192.168.1.23, and probably in both
> directions.  i.e. 192.168.1.23 referred back to case, too.
>
> NB:  I don't know your IP, so I just made up a sample one.
>
> > In this instance, is hostname the same as host?
>
> It'd appear to be using it in the usual way (as you've asked about).
>
> > And what does IP address have to do with it?
>
> IP = Internet Protocol
>
> IP address = the numerical IP network address for you (generally, it
> means this, but it's sometimes used to refer to an address using names).
>
> > Do they want my Internet Provider?  I thought that was 'ISP'.
>
> No, and yes.
>
> > I am assuming 'case' or localhost is the host that is running
> > mldonkey.  That is where I downloaded and installed mldonkey.  And
> > that is where I find it with the locate mldonkey command.
>
> That would sound logical.
>
>
Try calling this way:

mlgui -gtk_client_hostname 127.0.0.1

-- 
Paulo Roma Cavalcanti
LCG - UFRJ
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