[omniORB] Q: endPoint, endPointPublish and Windows hostname / computername

[Martin Trappel]

Hi all.

I'm currently trying to figure out why sometimes putting the 
computername into endPointPublish will work and sometimes only the IP 
address will work.

I suspect it's got to do with how Windows resolved hostnames (inside 
domains or outside etc.), but I'm a bit clueless as to how to narrow the 
problem down - dunno what to google for ...

An example for the problem is:
I have a windows machine with a given hostname and I can ping that 
machine from my PC.
When - on the remote machine - I set endPoint:0=giop:tcp:sim-host: I 
cannot connect to a server running there (CORBA_transient) (but a local 
client there can connect). But when I set 
endPointPublish:0=giop:tcp:sim-host: instead I can connect to the server.

I know it is recommended to set endPointPublish instead of endPoint, but 
sometimes even endPointPublish:...name... does not work, even though I 
can ping the name alright.

any pointers?

cheers,
Martin