XP would require a DNS server to be installed.
"Martin Schmid" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I have a simple network:
>
> Win2K Srv1
> Win2K Srv2
> Win2K Pro
> WinXP Home
>
> All the Win2K machines can resolve all 4 netbios names, as can be verified
> by Pinging from them. However, I am unable to Ping from the WinXP machine
> to any of the others. I can ping by IP, but not by name.
>
> Shouldn't I be able to do this w/o configuring a HOSTS or LMHOSTS file, or
> having DNS/WINS configured? I.e., I don't have any of this confgured, and
> all the Win2K machines are able to 'talk' via name, why not the XP?
>
> In the XP's network setting, I have Enabled NetBIOS over TCP/IP.
>
> Thanks for any insight... I could swear that this used to work!
> MS
>
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