Unable to Ping by name

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This is a follow on as I have not yet resolved this issue:

I have a small network at home seems to be working fine except the main
computer which has stopped seeing or communicating with any other on the
network.
*It does connect to the internet OK through the network switch and DSL
connection.
*It had worked fine for ages.

All normal checks done including checking all names and removing firewalls.

*I can ping IP adresses OK but cannot name ping.
*Also: I cannot see my own name in the "My network" list.

Previous assistance would indicate the NETBIOS is not working. I have triple
checked the set up is OK: [1] Configured NetBIOS over TCP/IP on the right
network connection. [2]. Set it to "Enabled", not to "Default". [3] Clicked
the OK button afterward.

Still not working. Internet still working fine

Ron Lowe Suggested:
On the 'main computer', go to a command prompt and do an ipconfig /all

What is the Node Type? -- Unknown, See Txt below

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : rons-2ghz
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VIA Rhine III Fast Ethernet
Adapter #3
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-20-ED-7A-04-D3
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.3
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 203.109.252.42
203.109.252.43
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

AL(KB3U) & Darlene Romanosky suggested:
Pinging by address and not by name usually suggests lack of DNS
availability. NETBIOS not required by XP - required to communicate with
computers using older versions of Windows e.g. 98 and ME

Captron: This certainly conflicting but interesting information: As the
Internet DNS works, and now all the IP addresses are manually configured, and
this computer is the one that is used 95% of the time, how can I investigate
the DNS further?

Thanx

Captron in KiwCountry
 
Do you enable any Firewall in your windows? I have one case (is firewall
problem), same like yours.
 
This is a follow on as I have not yet resolved this issue:

I have a small network at home seems to be working fine except the main
computer which has stopped seeing or communicating with any other on the
network.
*It does connect to the internet OK through the network switch and DSL
connection.
*It had worked fine for ages.

All normal checks done including checking all names and removing firewalls.

*I can ping IP adresses OK but cannot name ping.
*Also: I cannot see my own name in the "My network" list.

Previous assistance would indicate the NETBIOS is not working. I have triple
checked the set up is OK: [1] Configured NetBIOS over TCP/IP on the right
network connection. [2]. Set it to "Enabled", not to "Default". [3] Clicked
the OK button afterward.

Still not working. Internet still working fine

Ron Lowe Suggested:
On the 'main computer', go to a command prompt and do an ipconfig /all

What is the Node Type? -- Unknown, See Txt below

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : rons-2ghz
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VIA Rhine III Fast Ethernet
Adapter #3
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-20-ED-7A-04-D3
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.3
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 203.109.252.42
203.109.252.43
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

AL(KB3U) & Darlene Romanosky suggested:
Pinging by address and not by name usually suggests lack of DNS
availability. NETBIOS not required by XP - required to communicate with
computers using older versions of Windows e.g. 98 and ME

Captron: This certainly conflicting but interesting information: As the
Internet DNS works, and now all the IP addresses are manually configured, and
this computer is the one that is used 95% of the time, how can I investigate
the DNS further?

Thanx

Captron in KiwCountry
Click to expand...

Captron,

DNS is the preferred name resolution technique for Windows XP, in larger LANs,
when a DNS server is setup for that purpose. It replaces WINS.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/windows-xp-on-nt-domain.html>

Unless you have a DNS server on your LAN, you'll likely still use NetBIOS.
<http://support.microsoft.com/?id=160177>

What error do you get when you "cannot name ping"? Do all of the computers show
"Unknown" for Node Type?
 
Chuck said:
This is a follow on as I have not yet resolved this issue:

I have a small network at home seems to be working fine except the main
computer which has stopped seeing or communicating with any other on the
network.
*It does connect to the internet OK through the network switch and DSL
connection.
*It had worked fine for ages.

All normal checks done including checking all names and removing firewalls.

*I can ping IP adresses OK but cannot name ping.
*Also: I cannot see my own name in the "My network" list.

Previous assistance would indicate the NETBIOS is not working. I have triple
checked the set up is OK: [1] Configured NetBIOS over TCP/IP on the right
network connection. [2]. Set it to "Enabled", not to "Default". [3] Clicked
the OK button afterward.

Still not working. Internet still working fine

Ron Lowe Suggested:
On the 'main computer', go to a command prompt and do an ipconfig /all

What is the Node Type? -- Unknown, See Txt below

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : rons-2ghz
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VIA Rhine III Fast Ethernet
Adapter #3
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-20-ED-7A-04-D3
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.3
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 203.109.252.42
203.109.252.43
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

AL(KB3U) & Darlene Romanosky suggested:
Pinging by address and not by name usually suggests lack of DNS
availability. NETBIOS not required by XP - required to communicate with
computers using older versions of Windows e.g. 98 and ME

Captron: This certainly conflicting but interesting information: As the
Internet DNS works, and now all the IP addresses are manually configured, and
this computer is the one that is used 95% of the time, how can I investigate
the DNS further?

Thanx

Captron in KiwCountry
Click to expand...

Captron,

DNS is the preferred name resolution technique for Windows XP, in larger LANs,
when a DNS server is setup for that purpose. It replaces WINS.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/windows-xp-on-nt-domain.html>

Unless you have a DNS server on your LAN, you'll likely still use NetBIOS.
<http://support.microsoft.com/?id=160177>

What error do you get when you "cannot name ping"? Do all of the computers show
"Unknown" for Node Type?
Click to expand...
_____________________________________________________________________

Chuck: The error I get when pinging by name is:
Ping request could not find host <Computer name>. Please check the name and
try again.

When I try to ping the same computer with its own name it pings just fine
When I try to ping the subject computer with its own name, it now pings just
fine

Captron in Kiwicountry
 
In all cases of testing I had shut down my firewall and double checked the
Windows one was still off. This is one of the things I had considered.

Captron in Kiwicountry

MySwee said:
Do you enable any Firewall in your windows? I have one case (is firewall
problem), same like yours.

Captron said:
This is a follow on as I have not yet resolved this issue:

I have a small network at home seems to be working fine except the main
computer which has stopped seeing or communicating with any other on the
network.
*It does connect to the internet OK through the network switch and DSL
connection.
*It had worked fine for ages.

All normal checks done including checking all names and removing firewalls.

*I can ping IP adresses OK but cannot name ping.
*Also: I cannot see my own name in the "My network" list.

Previous assistance would indicate the NETBIOS is not working. I have triple
checked the set up is OK: [1] Configured NetBIOS over TCP/IP on the right
network connection. [2]. Set it to "Enabled", not to "Default". [3] Clicked
the OK button afterward.

Still not working. Internet still working fine

Ron Lowe Suggested:
On the 'main computer', go to a command prompt and do an ipconfig /all

What is the Node Type? -- Unknown, See Txt below

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : rons-2ghz
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VIA Rhine III Fast Ethernet
Adapter #3
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-20-ED-7A-04-D3
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.3
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 203.109.252.42
203.109.252.43
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

AL(KB3U) & Darlene Romanosky suggested:
Pinging by address and not by name usually suggests lack of DNS
availability. NETBIOS not required by XP - required to communicate with
computers using older versions of Windows e.g. 98 and ME

Captron: This certainly conflicting but interesting information: As the
Internet DNS works, and now all the IP addresses are manually configured, and
this computer is the one that is used 95% of the time, how can I investigate
the DNS further?

Thanx

Captron in KiwCountry
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
_____________________________________________________________________

Chuck: The error I get when pinging by name is:
Ping request could not find host <Computer name>. Please check the name and
try again.

When I try to ping the same computer with its own name it pings just fine
When I try to ping the subject computer with its own name, it now pings just
fine

Captron in Kiwicountry
Click to expand...
Chuck: Forgot to mention yes all ipconfigs are the same except for the local
IP address.
Captron
 

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