can not ping hostnames

[Hasan Numanoglu]

Hi,

I have set up a routing and remote access server, and connected two subnets
(192.168.1.1 / 24 - 172.16.0.0 /16) They re perfectly pinging their ip
addresses but can not ping hostnames. Then i tried to ping with ping -a
command this time, it pinged the ip arddress and find the hostname of the
machine on the other subnet. What can be the problem ???


Thanks
Hasan Numanoglu
Ýstanbul-TURKEY

 

[Dusty Harper {MS}]

Anytime you are trying to ping by hostname, the name needs to be resolved to
an IP. You need to verify this name resolution is working ( DNS, WINS ) If
this is a simple environment, and you want to just prove concept, you can
edit the %Windir%\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts file and add the machines'
names and IP addresses to the file ( Note you need to only do this on the
machines that you want to resolve the names on ). Otherwise, verify your
DNS \WINS settings. Can you reach the DNS \ WINS server? Are you getting
answers back from the DNS \ WINS server with the appropriate information?