Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!srcsip!pserv!stevem From: stevem@pserv.UUCP (Steve Mestad) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: Gripe about nodename restrictions Summary: use domainname not nodename Keywords: domain name limits, nodename Message-ID: <107@pserv.UUCP> Date: 17 Aug 89 21:25:34 GMT References: <2425@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> Reply-To: stevem@pserv.UUCP (Steve Mestad) Distribution: usa Organization: Honeywell CFS/MO, MPLS, MN Lines: 14 In article <2425@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> bentson@grieg.CS.ColoState.Edu (Randolph Bentson) writes: > HP seems to think that >one should only have a two level domain name, e.g. HP.COM. When >I issue the command "nodename anon.cs.colostate.edu", I get a >message "nodename: invalid node name syntax". I think the command you want is domainname not nodename. Nodename is a command that is part of HP's Network Services. Domain name is part of HP's Arpa Services which is the Tcp/ip stuff. Network Services is HP proprietary. HP's naming conventions of these products (NS vs NS-Arpa) is not very helpful in clarifying that there are TWO different protocols running. Hope this is helpful Steve Mestad, stevem%pserv@src.honeywell.com