From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2005-11-11T07:51:23+09:00
Subject: Re: Network computer name problem w/ Tiger and DRb

On Nov 10, 2005, at 2:38 PM, Jim Freeze wrote:

> While running DRb, I noticed that a timeout was occuring with the URI
> provided by DRb.uri. On my powerbook, DRb returned as the URI:
>
>    druby://<computer_name>.local:port
>
> Executing the first remote call within DRb took over a minute on
> my powerbook, but was instantaneous on my sun box.

Sounds like your DNS is not completely configured.

> When I changed <computer_name> to <ip.ad.re.ss>, the delay
> issue disappeared.
>
> This is disconcerting since I had hoped that DRb.uri would return a
> good address.
>
> Does anyone know what the problem is here?

 From the sun, what does `host ip.ad.re.ss` (or dig or nslookup)  
where ip.ad.re.ss is the address of the powerbook return?

If you don't have matching forward and reverse DNS, DRb won't be able  
to return a good hostname.

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