Client not connecting to server. please help

Question

I have been trying to run a sample client-server program, but it doesn't seem to reconise the host name that has been declared in the client program.
i get the following error:
Client Error: java.net.UnknownHostException: Paradoxical
can anyone tell me what the host name should be to allow the client to connect to the server????
bellow the server code:
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
* <p>This class doesn't actually deal with the client, it simply
* spawns ClientHandlers that cope with all the i/o.
* @author Stephen Dolphin 01972612
* @see ClientHandler
public class Server {
* Attribute holding the server's listening port number.
private static int portNumber = 80;
* This is this class' only method. It simply waits for requests
* on the given port until it hears something, and then it spawns
* a new handler.
public static void main(String[] args)
// the initial handler number
int socketNumber = 1;
try
ServerSocket server = new ServerSocket(portNumber);
System.out.println("Coffee Pot Server running!");
System.out.println("Waiting for connections on " + portNumber);
// continuous loop
while (true)
// wait for request...
Socket clientSocket = server.accept();
// when received, start new handler!
new ClientHandler(clientSocket, socketNumber).start();
// increment ready for next time.
socketNumber++;
} // while(true)
catch (Exception e)
// catch all errors, and, display string
System.out.println("Server Error: " + e.toString());
} // trycatch
} // main(String[])
} // Server{}

Answer 1

The host name to use for the client is the name of the machine that the server is running on. From your error message, the client expects the server to run on 'Paradoxical' but it can't find a machine with that name. You might try to use 'ping Paradoxical' to verify that the machine exists.
If your server is running on the same machine as the client, you can just use 'localhost' as the host name.