Hello all..
Sun 5.8 and Oralce 9iR2

I have this Sun box that has 2 ipadresses ending with xxx.xx.xx.10 and xxx.xx.xx.53.

Server side:
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I looked up at my listener.ora file on the DB server and it is pointing to .53 address. I looked up at my tnsnames.ora on the server and it is pointing to .53 address.

client side:
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I configured my tnsnames.ora on the client side to point to xxx.xx.xx.53
and i was able to connect.

Next when i change my tnsnames.ora on the client to point to xxx.xx.xx.10, i was still able to connect. ...

So my quesiton is;
How does Oracle know that the box has 2 ip addresses and how does it resolve it ?

thanks
Ron