G
Guest
Repeat request:
I have a home network of 4 computers on a netwrk 8 port switch and DSL Modem
conected via the network to the switch. I can access the net but not the
other computers although they can talk to themselves just fine.
All computers but my main one talk to each other, it cannot see anyone else
on the network:
*It works OK through the network to the Internet
*It can IP ping all other computers OK
*It can name ping itself OK
*It cannot name ping the other computers
Assume all names verified including network name, all firewalls off, and all
computers have manually assigned IP addresses within the same range
The only thing I can glean from Microsoft is:
*Ping Host name of remote host
Ping uses name resolution to resolve a computer name into an IP address.
Therefore, if you successfully ping an IP address but you cannot ping a
computer name, there is a problem with host name resolution, not with network
connectivity. Verify that DNS server addresses are configured for the
computer, either manually in the properties of TCP/IP, or by automatic
assignment. If DNS server addresses are listed when you type the ipconfig
/all command, try to ping the server addresses to make sure that they are
accessible.*
OK if there is name resolution how can you fix it or even understand the
problem of converting addresses into IP addresses Maybe the names should
emulate the IP Addresses.
All DNS server addresses are the same assuming we are talking about the ISP
server adresses, regardless they are all the same, I have compared each one
agaonst the other and they seem identical.
I have IPCONFIG'd, & I have BRWSTAT'd. Nothing out of the ordinary (to me).
In Browstat I can only get the /HELP and nothing else, assuming I'm using it
correctly: browstat /status (I tried all 9)
Any ideas?
Ron
Akl NZ
I have a home network of 4 computers on a netwrk 8 port switch and DSL Modem
conected via the network to the switch. I can access the net but not the
other computers although they can talk to themselves just fine.
All computers but my main one talk to each other, it cannot see anyone else
on the network:
*It works OK through the network to the Internet
*It can IP ping all other computers OK
*It can name ping itself OK
*It cannot name ping the other computers
Assume all names verified including network name, all firewalls off, and all
computers have manually assigned IP addresses within the same range
The only thing I can glean from Microsoft is:
*Ping Host name of remote host
Ping uses name resolution to resolve a computer name into an IP address.
Therefore, if you successfully ping an IP address but you cannot ping a
computer name, there is a problem with host name resolution, not with network
connectivity. Verify that DNS server addresses are configured for the
computer, either manually in the properties of TCP/IP, or by automatic
assignment. If DNS server addresses are listed when you type the ipconfig
/all command, try to ping the server addresses to make sure that they are
accessible.*
OK if there is name resolution how can you fix it or even understand the
problem of converting addresses into IP addresses Maybe the names should
emulate the IP Addresses.
All DNS server addresses are the same assuming we are talking about the ISP
server adresses, regardless they are all the same, I have compared each one
agaonst the other and they seem identical.
I have IPCONFIG'd, & I have BRWSTAT'd. Nothing out of the ordinary (to me).
In Browstat I can only get the /HELP and nothing else, assuming I'm using it
correctly: browstat /status (I tried all 9)
Any ideas?
Ron
Akl NZ