[thechat] Networking Question...

William Anderson neuro at well.com
Mon Apr 2 23:52:20 CDT 2001


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave McLean" <thechat at dwcreative.com>
To: <thechat at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 7:55 AM
Subject: [thechat] Networking Question...


>
> So, I just set up this router at home and I want to connect to my Usenet
> server on my ISP.  Of course they've got it set up so that the news server
> is called "news." Is there an easy way to find out what the full name of
the
> news server is? Or do I have to disconnect the router and connect directly
> through my cable modem to ping the news server?

judging by your IP address, news1.frmt1.sfba.home.com would be a good bet

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