merge agent failure after IP changed

I setup merge replication yesterday on Client A and was successful.
Today I changed the gateway and DNS info.; re-ran merge agent and got this
error.
Error messages:
The merge process could not connect to the Publisher 'XXUSSHU18UT:Process'.
Check to ensure that the server is running. (Source: MSSQL_REPL, Error
number: MSSQL_REPL-2147198719)
Get help: http://help/MSSQL_REPL-2147198719
The process could not connect to Publisher 'XXUSSHU18UT'. (Source:
MSSQL_REPL, Error number: MSSQL_REPL20084)
Get help: http://help/MSSQL_REPL20084
Unable to complete login process due to delay in opening server connection
(Source: MSSQLServer, Error number: 0)
Get help: http://help/0
After I changed the IP info. (put back original Gateway IP) the merge agent
ran successful.
What/where do these changes get applied that would alter merge agent from
running?
BTW, I also removed the gateway completely on Cleint A and the merge agent
continued to run successfully again. However I do need the new gateway (the
one that is not working for merge).
thx..
This seems to be a name resolution problem. Can you reboot, or do a
ipconfig /flushdns
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>I setup merge replication yesterday on Client A and was successful.
> Today I changed the gateway and DNS info.; re-ran merge agent and got this
> error.
> Error messages:
> The merge process could not connect to the Publisher
> 'XXUSSHU18UT:Process'.
> Check to ensure that the server is running. (Source: MSSQL_REPL, Error
> number: MSSQL_REPL-2147198719)
> Get help: http://help/MSSQL_REPL-2147198719
> The process could not connect to Publisher 'XXUSSHU18UT'. (Source:
> MSSQL_REPL, Error number: MSSQL_REPL20084)
> Get help: http://help/MSSQL_REPL20084
> Unable to complete login process due to delay in opening server connection
> (Source: MSSQLServer, Error number: 0)
> Get help: http://help/0
> After I changed the IP info. (put back original Gateway IP) the merge
> agent
> ran successful.
> What/where do these changes get applied that would alter merge agent from
> running?
> BTW, I also removed the gateway completely on Cleint A and the merge agent
> continued to run successfully again. However I do need the new gateway
> (the
> one that is not working for merge).
>
> thx..
>