Re: Need some help on Blitz!

Re-directed to Blitz JavaSpaces-Users apologies for the noise......

Nirmalya Sengupta wrote:
> 'Morning, Dan.
>
> Thanks for the hints. Thankfully, the problem is solved. I found
> out that the machine being used anew, people assumed default
> set-ups, and the network address assigned to it, was different
> from what was set in /etc/hosts. Once we cleared that, and
> enabled the DHCP it seemed to have worked fine.
>
> However, here's one question I would like to find the answer
> to:
>
> Let's assume that I have a laptop (RH Linux) which I connect to the
> office network (LAN) when I am in the office. The Network
> parameters are all set up properly so as to enable me to work
> painlessly while in the office. I am using Blitz JavaSpaces, and I set
> the CODEHOST to the machine's name in the network (in this
> case 'cheetah') and off I go. Everything seems to work fine.
>
> However, when I take the machine home to work in the evening - and
> in my home, there is no LAN - I need to make Blitz work in that
> environment too, with the minimal change to the environment
> or configuration. In other words, I want to run my application
> on Blitz in a 'standalone' mode.
>
> Possible? If so, what exactly do I need to do so that switching
> from office to home environment and vice versa is a breeze?
>
> Perhaps, the answer is well-known. In that case, I apologise for
> my lack of awareness.
>
> Warm regards
> Nirmalya
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>> Nirmalya Sengupta wrote:
>>> Hello Dan,
>>>
>>> How are things?
>>>
>>> I preferred not to send this mail to the user-group, as it is
>>> entirely to do with my wrong settings (or oversights) of Blitz.
>>>
>> Not necessarily and more eyes means better responses.  Next time, send
>> the email to the list - you never know who else might be hitting the
>> same problem!
>>
>>> On a new machine running RH Linux Enterprise Edition, I have installed
>>> Blitz 1.29. While running thru blitz.sh, a long list of errors ensue
>>> which essentially says that host is unidentifiable. Since this is a
>> No, it's saying that the hostname/ip address combination cannot be
>> contacted via the network.
>>
>> This usually means that the network setup is designed to cope with one
>> set of IP addresses and the ip address for the hostname doesn't match
>> with that design.
>>
>> There are many possibilities but I'd start by looking at:
>>
>> /sbin/ifconfig -a
>>
>> and the content of:
>>
>> /bin/netstat -rn
>>
>> Hope that helps,
>>
>> Dan.
>>
>>> completely new installation (on a machine other than mine), I am
>>> short on clues as where to begin. Could you please help?
>>>
>>> The attached file contains the following three pieces of
>>> information (merged into one file for easy attachment):
>>>
>>> (a) output.txt - contains the messages that blitz.sh spews
>>> (b) env.txt    - environmental setting at the time of firing
>>>                  blitz.sh
>>> (c) etc.hosts  - contents of /etc/hosts file.
>>>
>>> THough the machine is connected to the company LAN, I need to
>>> run blitz in a standalone mode (everything on the machine
>>> itself).
>>>
>>> Needless to say, many thanks on your way, for any kind of hints
>>> or solutions.
>>>
>>> Warm regards
>>> Nirmalya
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