--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2007/03/28 20:28:31	1.853
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2007/03/28 21:44:13	1.854
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.853 2007/03/28 20:28:31 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.854 2007/03/28 21:44:13 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ use Digest::MD5;
 use Math::Random;
 use LONCAPA qw(:DEFAULT :match);
 use LONCAPA::Configuration;
+use Apache::lonhosts;
 
 my $readit;
 my $max_connection_retries = 10;     # Or some such value.
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ sub create_connection {
 				     Type    => SOCK_STREAM,
 				     Timeout => 10);
     return 0 if (!$client);
-    print $client ("$hostname:$lonid\n");
+    print $client (join(':',$hostname,$lonid,&machine_ids($lonid))."\n");
     my $result = <$client>;
     chomp($result);
     return 1 if ($result eq 'done');