"Olivier" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Pegasus [MVP]" wrote:
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>> "Olivier" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:35C581CC-DA3C-48B5-A0EE-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Dear Reader,
>> >
>> > Glad to be here. I have set a Mac computer as a server for file
>> > sharing.
>> > We
>> > are 3 to access the server; 2 of us, who uses windows XP can access the
>> > server as I set it through http:\\xxxx.local:8888 and use it.
>> >
>> > however when i try to connect to it the bowser tells me that the link
>> > is
>> > broken or address not found and I am using windows XP also, but when I
>> > type
>> > in the ip address of the server it works, for example:
>> > http:\\192.168.1.23:8888 but can't browse for a long periode since some
>> > resources uses again the first format.
>> >
>> > could you please help me on this, I would really appreciate.
>> >
>> > Thank you in advance!
>>
>> When you can access a site by its IP address but not by its name then the
>> name resolution mechanism is broken. Name resolution is performed by the
>> device that your "DNS Server" address points at. What is it in your case?
>> The command
>>
>> ipconfig /all
>>
>> will tell you.
>>
>>
>> thank you for your reply and willingness to help.
>
> i thought of the same thing but as other computers running the same OS can
> access it and IP adressess are assigned automaticaly, I don't see how this
> one computer can't, secondly the DNS server is from an ISP and wouldb be
> just
> external to the our network and we are just using a local server.
>
> The three computers I am using to access the server on MAC have exactly
> the
> same settings as the one that can't access it, the problem is how one
> can't
> access the server by its name but just with an IP? Hope I am a bit clear
> and
> looking forward for your reply. Thanks again for your concern.
>
> waiting for your reply.
Fine, let's get some hard evidence. Do this on the problem machine and also
on one of the other machines:
- Click Start/Run
- Type the three letters cmd , then click OK.
- Type the following commands and press Enter after each of them:
echo %date% %time% %ComputerName% > c:\test.txt
ipconfig /all >> c:\test.txt
ping 192.168.23 >> c:\test.txt
ping xxx >> c:\test.txt
{Replace "xxx" with the server name!}
ping
www.google.com >> c:\test.txt
ping 74.125.43.147 >> c:\test.txt
notepad c:\test.txt
- Paste the contents of the two log files into your reply and mark the
output from the problem machine clearly.
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