I think this relates to the fact that java cant tell or initiate a
connection to the internet by itself. I seem to remember hearing that
somewhere which probably means you have to use native code to connect. There
doesnt seem to be much you can do except to give a message to the user
before you try to connect saying that unless a connection is established the
program may not work

chanoch

-----Original Message-----
From: tcj2001@h... [mailto:tcj2001@h...]
Sent: 13 August 2001 07:25
To: Java 2 Enterprise Edition
Subject: [j2ee] Unknownhostexception even after the connection is
established


I have a program which tries to read a url, it works fine if i am already 
connected to interenet.
but if i start the program first and then start internet it gives 
unkownhostexception.
Any idea why it happens?
any help on this will be truly apreciated. could not find a remedy for 
this problem any where in the internet.

Thanks