Mac can't resolve server name into IP

[samson]

We have a Windows 2000 Server running with IIS 5 for our Intranet, and
users are accessing the site with the server name - http://servername/

Problem: Windows browser is able to access the site fine, but Mac
browser gives a "server not found" error. Looks like "servername"
cannot not be resolved into its IP address for Mac clients. When IP
address of "servername" is used, the site does become accessible. I
found a way to modify the Hosts in Mac OS so that "servername" can be
resolved into its IP, but we can't tell every Mac user to configure
their machines. There's gotta be a way to correct this on the server
side... This happens to both OS 8/9 and OS X Jaguar. Please any ideas
would be appreciated!!

 

[Kevin D. Goodknecht]

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We have a Windows 2000 Server running with IIS 5 for our Intranet, and
users are accessing the site with the server name - http://servername/

Problem: Windows browser is able to access the site fine, but Mac
browser gives a "server not found" error. Looks like "servername"
cannot not be resolved into its IP address for Mac clients. When IP
address of "servername" is used, the site does become accessible. I
found a way to modify the Hosts in Mac OS so that "servername" can be
resolved into its IP, but we can't tell every Mac user to configure
their machines. There's gotta be a way to correct this on the server
side... This happens to both OS 8/9 and OS X Jaguar. Please any ideas
would be appreciated!!

Is there a DNS server?
Give the intranet site a FQDN that the Macs can reach.

 

[Michael Johnston [MSFT]]

Verify that the DNS suffix on the MAC matches that of your domain name.

Thank you,
Mike Johnston
Microsoft Network Support
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