On 9 Jun 1996, John B Harlan wrote:
 
> DJRambo <[log in to unmask]> asked:
> >     What is Miami's DNS name and IP number and what do they signify?
>
> Here's my non-technical attempt at an answer :-)  MCIS Networking or Technical
> Support, please correct me where necessary ...
>
> Miami University has a top level educational (.edu) domain name of muohio.edu
> (preceeded by a machine and subnet name, when referring to a specific system
> at Miami) and the Internet Protocol (IP) number range for muohio.edu is
> 134.53.*.*, where the first * is the subnet and the second * is the specific
> number for a machine.
>
> The IP number is a machine's address on the network, and the
> machine.subnet.institution.domain name is an alphabetic translation of that IP
> address.
>
>
>         John B Harlan
>         Campus Wide Information Systems (CWIS) Coordinator
>
  Where would one find the IP and DNS of a particular machine and
subnet?
 
  Daniel J Rambo
  Cole Service Bldg.
  Miami University
  Oxford, Ohio 45056
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