Can Ping a computer on the network, but can't Ping by Computer Name

[SQLNow]

I am having a problem with DNS or WINS, in that in that I can ping the IP
address but can't ping the computer by name.

I have tried:
netsh winsock reset catalog

Rebooted and nothing. Same problem, it won't see the computer by name.

How do I regenerate the DNS or WINS on a peer to peer Network on Windows XP

I can get out to the internet just any www name. My ISP DNS works fine.
The problem is when I try to access another internal machine. It has
something to do with this specific machine, because on other machines I can
see or browse by the computer name.

My virus protection cropped up with a virus in a file which it quarantined.
I read somewhere on the net that sometimes spyware and a possible virus will
corrupt the Winsock entries in the registry.

Is there some utility that will remove and reset the registry and restore
Winsock programs and settings back to normal?

Thanks

 

[Robert L [MS-MVP]]

assuming you have peer to peer network, try to enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP. these pages may help,

netbios and wins

How to enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP in a peer-to-peer network ... In the most cases, NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NetBT) resolves NetBIOS names to IP addresses in ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/netbios&wins.htm - Similar pages




network troubleshooting

You may try to enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP on win2K/XP if you don't have WINS ... For some reasons, you have enabled NetBIOS over TCP/IP on W2K/XP but using ...
www.chicagotech.net/nettroublshooting.htm





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I am having a problem with DNS or WINS, in that in that I can ping the IP
address but can't ping the computer by name.

I have tried:
netsh winsock reset catalog

Rebooted and nothing. Same problem, it won't see the computer by name.

How do I regenerate the DNS or WINS on a peer to peer Network on Windows XP

I can get out to the internet just any www name. My ISP DNS works fine.
The problem is when I try to access another internal machine. It has
something to do with this specific machine, because on other machines I can
see or browse by the computer name.

My virus protection cropped up with a virus in a file which it quarantined.
I read somewhere on the net that sometimes spyware and a possible virus will
corrupt the Winsock entries in the registry.

Is there some utility that will remove and reset the registry and restore
Winsock programs and settings back to normal?

Thanks

 

[Chuck]

I am having a problem with DNS or WINS, in that in that I can ping the IP
address but can't ping the computer by name.

I have tried:
netsh winsock reset catalog

Rebooted and nothing. Same problem, it won't see the computer by name.

How do I regenerate the DNS or WINS on a peer to peer Network on Windows XP

I can get out to the internet just any www name. My ISP DNS works fine.
The problem is when I try to access another internal machine. It has
something to do with this specific machine, because on other machines I can
see or browse by the computer name.

My virus protection cropped up with a virus in a file which it quarantined.
I read somewhere on the net that sometimes spyware and a possible virus will
corrupt the Winsock entries in the registry.

Is there some utility that will remove and reset the registry and restore
Winsock programs and settings back to normal?

Thanks

You have a name resolution issue. In addition to the possibility of LSP /
Winsock corruption, you need to check for two other possible causes.
Check misconfigured / overlooked firewalls.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html>
Check registry setting restrictanonymous.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/07/restrictanonymous-and-your-server.html>

In addition, the LSP / Winsock issue may be resolved by any one of five
solutions, and none of the solutions (including your tried "netsh" run) has
proved to be self sufficient. Check the other four, described in this article:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/problems-with-lsp-winsock-layer-in.html>

 

[Al Romanosky]

Can ping by IP and not by name -[no DNS. Check DNS setting - also host
name shoul be same as workgroup name

 

[Chuck]

Can ping by IP and not by name -[no DNS. Check DNS setting - also host
name shoul be same as workgroup name

Few peer-peer networks have a DNS server for internal name resolution, which
makes DNS unlikely. But show us "ipconfig /all" from each computer, so we can
make sure.

Workgroup name is irrelevant to name resolution, that only affects contents of
Network Neighborhood.

And Al, please don't contribute to the spread and success of email address
mining viruses. Posting your email address openly will get you more unwanted
email, than wanted email. Learn to munge your email address properly, to keep
yourself a bit safer when posting to open forums. Protect yourself and the rest
of the internet - read this article.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/how-to-post-on-usenet-and-encourage.html#Munging>