Hi Michael, I'm afraid that VNC Viewer Free Edition cannot produce the error message "getaddrinfo: No such host is known", so that's definitely not what you're running.
Cheers, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Murphy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 10 May 2007 17:12 > To: James Weatherall > Subject: Re: Vnc Viewer not reading host file > > I am in no way trying to question you but I am using vnc > veiwer free edition. see attached image. If i take my > host file back to the original default host file with only > localhost assigned, none of my other programs work by typing > in a host name. These other programs are using the host > file. It's just the vnc viewer that is not able to connect > when typing in a hostname instead of the ip > > Thanks for all the help. > > > On 5/10/07, James Weatherall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi > > I'm afraid that you are mistaken - you are not > currently using VNC Viewer > Free Edition. > > Given what you have described, it sounds like the other > programs are NOT > using the hosts file, but are instead using legacy > name-lookup APIs, which > fall back to using WINS name lookup if DNS, hosts etc > lookup fails. VNC > Viewer Free Edition will also use these legacy APIs and > so will also work if > this is the case. > > Regards, > > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Michael Murphy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 10 May 2007 12:31 > > To: James Weatherall > > Subject: Re: Vnc Viewer not reading host file > > > > My host file is being used by the other programs. I have just > > recently put that new host file > > in,(windows\system32\drivers\etc) with all the hostnames > > assigned. it works fine with my other programs, everyone > > else's pc's it seems to work fine, except for mine. and i > > am using the vnc viewer free edition. > > > > thanks. > > > > > > On 5/10/07, James Weatherall < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Hi Michael, > > > > From what you describe, it sounds like your hosts file > > is not being used by > > any of your other applications either, and that they'll > > be using the legacy > > APIs and falling back to NetBIOS name lookup instead. > > > > If you switch to using VNC Viewer Free Edition then you > > should find that > > you'll be able to connect. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Michael Murphy > > > Sent: 09 May 2007 23:53 > > > To: VNC-List@realvnc.com > <mailto:VNC-List@realvnc.com > > > > Subject: Vnc Viewer not reading host file > > > > > > I am using Vnc viewer and it does not seem to > be reading the > > > host file. ..all > > > my other programs access it just fine, when i > try to use vnc > > > viewer and type > > > in a hostname instead of an ip i get the > error: getaddrinfo: > > > No such host > > > is known (11001). Using a hostname instead of > an ip works > > > with all of my > > > other programs (coreftp, etc). any ideas? > my partner has > > > the exact same > > > laptop and OS as I do and it works fine for him. > > Just not for me. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > VNC-List mailing list > > > VNC-List@realvnc.com <mailto: > VNC-List@realvnc.com <mailto:VNC-List@realvnc.com> > > > > To remove yourself from the list visit: > > > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
