Hello SOLVE Folks,

The ARC Earth Science Project Office (ESPO) will be providing internet 
connectivity and domain name service (DNS) for the SOLVE deployment site 
at Kiruna, Sweden.  Soon we will build a UTP 10BASE-T (ethernet) LAN 
using cat V cable with RJ45 connectors.  Our LAN will be connected to 
the internet via E1 circuits with connections in lab spaces and on the 
hangar floor, if needed. Hostname to IP address resolution will be 
provided by an authoritative primary name server, cloud1.arc.nasa.gov, 
at Ames Research Center and a authoritative secondary name server,
cloud2.solve.espo.nasa.gov, on the SOLVE LAN in the Arena Arctica hangar 
at the Kiruna Flygplats.

Everyone will be notified by e-mail about the information you will need 
to configure your equipment for the SOLVE LAN at Kiruna, Sweden
(e.g. IP address, domain name, broadcast, gateway, and subnetmask etc.)

All participants, connecting to the LAN, are responsible for providing, 
configuring, and maintaining ethernet hardware and software which will 
safely communicate on our LAN via TCP/IP protocols. To provide DNS I 
need the following information:

  For each IP addressable machine (computer, printer, instrument):

     1) The name of the person using or responsible for the machine.
     2) Platform affiliation (e.g. DC8, ER2, theory, etc.).
     3) Instrument or Theory team name affiliation.
     3) NASA Center, University or Company affiliation.
     4) Hostname (the name by which your computer will be known).
     5) Platform (eg. "MAC", "PC", "SUN", "SGI", etc. ).
     6) Operating System  (eg. "MACOS", "WIN98/NT", "UNIX", etc.).
     7) Deployment dates for which the IP address will be needed.



Please e-mail the above information as completely as possible by October
20,1999.  My email and phone number are at the bottom of this email.

Thanks very much for your cooperation.

Joe Goosby
ARC ESPO
goosby@cloud1.arc.nasa.gov
(650) 604-0714