Re: Du Yu Kno Wot This Meenz?

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From: Guy Harrison
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 00:00

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 In article <ptzq8hs8nd.fsf@office.demon.net>
  simono@office.demon.net (Simon Oke) said:-

>In article <829399674_OASIS_@swampdog.demon.co.uk> guy@swampdog.demon.co.uk (Guy Harrison) writes:

>> Something I've always wondered - which is the recommended format for 
>> it, IP address or name?
>
>IP address. This is one of the cases where the IP address of a machine
>is required to get a connection.
>
>Hostnames will not change without the change being announced well in
>advance. This is not the case for IP addresses. You should use
>hostnames wherever possible, sometimes, as in this case, the use of IP
>addresses is unavoidable.

One last thing, does the time server have a name?


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Guy Harrison

guy@swampdog.demon.co.uk

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