TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

TITLE:              RESOLVIP - Graphical utility to resolve/ping
DOCUMENT ID:        TID300198
DOCUMENT REVISION:  A
DATE:               27Mar95
ALERT STATUS:       Yellow
INFORMATION TYPE:   Symptom Solution
README FOR:         resolvip

PRODUCT and VERSION:
UnixWare 2.0

ABSTRACT:

This utility will allow users to ping or resolve IP addresses or host names
using the desktop.

NOTE:  This supplement is NOT SUPPORTED.  It is provided "AS-IS" to
       knowledgeable users as a courtesy.



SYMPTOM

No graphical utility to ping or resolve IP addresses

SOLUTION

Apply the resolvip file.


DATATYPE: file

1.  Download the resolvip.tar and resolvip.txt files to the /tmp
    directory on your machine.

2.  Read the solution specifics area below for specific instructions 
    for the resolvip.tar file.
Solution Specifics
General
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This utility relies on the nslookup and ping utilities as they are 
found in /usr/sbin.  The utility does not make any modifications
to any existing or future configuration file.

Installation Instructions:
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After untarring the file, you should find several files.  You will 
need to run installres.sh as root.  This installation script will 
create an Icon and move the executible (resolvip) to /usr/X/bin.  
A soft link will then get created to your existing home directory 
from /usr/X/bin/resolvip.

To run resolvip, simply click on the resolvip icon.  You can also run the
utility by entering the command:

/usr/X/bin/resolvip &

This utility requires
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UnixWare 2.x
TCPSET installed and functioning