Re: [leafnode-list] Problems with leafnode

[Matthias Andree <ma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Peter James <petefjames@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> I used the command host hostname as per William Hoopers suggestion, and the 
> resulting error message was:
> pfj@linux:~>host hostname
> ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
>
> In the leafnode README file it sais to use telnet and connect to your ISP to 
> find out your  unique fully-qualified domain name (FQDN)

Try telnetting to your own computer. telnet 127.0.0.1 119 should work
and shouldn't talk anything about authentication. If that works, try
telnet localhost 119, then try "telnet host.name.as.in.knode 119". Also
see http://mandree.home.pages.de/leafnode/README-FQDN.html

> Speaking to the help desk at my isp is useless.  They don't know what I'm 
> taking about and just keep telling me that such a FQDN is not possible as a 
> random ID is generated each time I log on.

They're clueless, but they can't be expected to debug a problem within
your own computer either.

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Matthias Andree
leafnode-1 download: http://sourceforge.net/projects/leafnode/
leafnode-1 docs/new: http://mandree.home.pages.de/leafnode/
leafnode-2 homepage: http://mandree.home.pages.de/leafnode/beta/

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