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hi,

Can anyone explain the theory of what the OS doing when I try to ping a
hostname ?

I recently meet a problem, when I ping a hostname ,the ping program just
tell me that: Ping request could not find host <hostname>. Please check
the name and try again. Just likes that I enter a invalid hostname, but
I'm sure it's a valid hostname which ever exists in the hosts file.

Where is the problem ? thank you for your ideas.

-
Again zhang

 

[Robert L [MS-MVP]]

Sounds like NetBIOS over TCP/IP issue. Assuming you can ping the IP, have you enabled NetBIOS over TCP/IP? this link may help,

netbios and wins Name Resolutions Summary Common NetBIOS name problem .... Name Resolutions Summary. MS provides many options for NetBIOS name resolution such as local cache ...
www.chicagotech.net/netbios&wins.htm


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
hi,

Can anyone explain the theory of what the OS doing when I try to ping a
hostname ?

I recently meet a problem, when I ping a hostname ,the ping program just
tell me that: Ping request could not find host <hostname>. Please check
the name and try again. Just likes that I enter a invalid hostname, but
I'm sure it's a valid hostname which ever exists in the hosts file.

Where is the problem ? thank you for your ideas.

-
Again zhang

 

[josepe]

Try to do ping to the IP address:
ping 10.2.2.2

By otherwise, the client machine where are running the ping must be a
'upgraded protocol'. For example, if you have a old Win95a this pc need
a Win95 patch.

Be sure both machines, host & client, are in the same network: IP of the
same family, same gateway or both no-gateway.

 

[Doug Sherman [MVP]]

Also:

1. Make sure you have not accidentally saved your hosts file as hosts.txt.

2. Run ipconfig /flushdns after failed resolution attempts.

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP