[Info-vax] Update to TCP/IP problem with Alpha VMS 8.4

[Steven Schweda]

> Here is the host file contents. It is the same on the VMS
> system and the iMac.

   Sigh.

>    As usual, showing actual commands with their actual output
> can be more helpful than vague descriptions or
> interpretations.

   Still true.

   If someone shows me an actual command like, say,
"cat /etc/hosts" or "tcpip show hosts" with its actual
output, then I have actual evidence of something.  If someone
tells me what he believes to be true, then I have only
testimony of uncertain value (and, sometimes, of uncertain
meaning).  Which of these is worth more to you?

>    Have you ever seen a situation where case mattered in
> these data?

   Still wondering.

   Note that "hosts" info says nothing about the properties
of any actual interface, only how names and addresses are
associated (somewhere).

> PS - did you really mean [...]

   Note that showing actual commands with their actual output
normally removes any such uncertainty, which removal can
significantly increase efficiency in the exchange of actual
information.

   Just a thought.