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You can fix the problem by adding the Oracle listener host name and IP to the
hosts file on the Microsoft client machine.
The file is located in the following directory:
C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\etc
The filename is "hosts"
Edit the file to include the IP address and the host name of the Oracle server
to which you wish to connect, thus:
126.34.10.244 hostname.domainname.com hostname othernames
Be careful not to add any extention to the file when saving it.
This is a workaround in the absence of a domain names server (DNS). The best
thing is to have DNS up and running and the client configured to use it.