On 6 Mar 2009, at 15:43, Eric Tytell wrote:
>
> That one now works consistently, while the other
>
> (make-comint "MATLAB EEI" (cons (system-name) 5600))
>
> failed when I was connected via wi-fi (and had a DHCP assigned TCP- 
> IP address), but not when I was connected via ethernet (and had a  
> static TCP-IP) address.  I don't know if it would still be a problem  
> the original way it was written.

I think that speaks for my DNS theory.