How do I translate my IP address?

[Michael Sauers]

> I don't know how to translate my P.C.'s
> numerical IP address to something textual.  I am 
> attached to a campus ehternet backbone, and only the
> last 3 digits of my address are unique.  How do I find 
> out a textual address, and how do I assign a name to my
> P.C. server?

Name assignments have to be made at the DNS level.  You must 
speak with someone from your campus "systems" office and have 
them handle it.  When I did this at my old library, I contacted 
campus sytems, told them my IP and what I wanted my individual 
name to be and they set it up in the DNS database.

Michael Sauers		  			    Phone: (702) 247-6244
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