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Daniel, The IP address of your host can't be converted into a hostname: ~/Projects/ldm/bin$ dig 148.225.111.150 ; <<>> DiG 9.9.4-RedHat-9.9.4-61.el7 <<>> 148.225.111.150 ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 2163 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; MBZ: 0005 , udp: 4096 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;148.225.111.150. IN A ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: . 5 IN SOA a.root-servers.net. nstld.verisign-grs.com. 2018081300 1800 900 604800 86400 ;; Query time: 54 msec ;; SERVER: 192.168.64.2#53(192.168.64.2) ;; WHEN: Mon Aug 13 09:41:39 MDT 2018 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 119 This is because there is no DNS entry for the host. As soon as an entry is made for the host and a reverse DNS lookup succeeds, you should be able to receive data. Regards, Steve Emmerson Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: MBM-691384 Department: Support LDM Priority: Normal Status: Closed =================== NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.