I am trying to ping from my HP3000 and getting the following error
when doing so:

:ping public.domain.tld

-------- PING/XL (ICMP Echo Requestor) : Version B0700001 --------

Invalid IP address.

but using the dotted quad IP address instead reaches the target:

:ping aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd

-------- PING/XL (ICMP Echo Requestor) : Version B0700001 --------

PARAMETERS INPUT:
----------------
Remote IP address in hex : $xxxxxxxx
Number of packets        : Default of continuous stream
Number of data bytes     : Default of 64 bytes

---- PING $D8B947B8 : 64 byte packets ----

64 byte(s) from $xxxxxxxx  : icmp_seq =     1, time =     3 ms
64 byte(s) from $xxxxxxxx  : icmp_seq =     2, time =     4 ms
64 byte(s) from $xxxxxxxx  : icmp_seq =     3, time =     3 ms
64 byte(s) from $xxxxxxxx  : icmp_seq =     4, time =     4 ms



< CONTROL-Y >


---- $xxxxxxxx  PING Statistics ----

4 packet(s) transmitted, 4 packet(s) received, 0 % packet loss
round trip (ms)  min/avg/max = 3 / 3 / 4

Now, this tells me that there is a problem with DNS and so I checked
the file RESLVCNF.NET.SYS and, lo and behold, the old nameserver
addresses had not been updated since our last IP address move!  So, I
changed the nameserver entries to reflect the proper addresses of our
DNS servers but the problem persists.  Do I need to stop and restart
some process to make MPE/ix pick up the changes I made to
RESLVCNF.NET?

Regards,
Jim

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