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In article <924679565.10150.0.nnrp-13.9e981872@news.demon.co.uk>, "Roger Jones" <news@roga.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>Hi
>
>I've had some problems with a 5 win95 computer tcp/ip network (to enable the
>use of vsocks light from pscs). (All win 95)
>
>I have assigned IP numbers to the computers. The "server" also has DUN. IP
>properties are set individually for DUN & NIC.
>I have tried giving the server both 10.0.0.2 and 192.168.0.1 with the
>clients numbers following on. Subnet mask in both cases: 255.255.255.0
>
>For some reason the server can't be found on this network. If I ping
>10.0.0.2 or 192.168.0.1 I get a reasonable response. If I ping "server" I
>get "bad IP number" message. All clients can ping each other, problem is
>with server.

Which system is acting as your nameserver?
Are you using WINS?
Have you created and installed a HOSTS file for each PC?
Is the name of the server in fact "server" (or was that just a guess on your 
part)?

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Morely Dotes <icesnake@spambusters.warez.org> wrote in message
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> In article <924679565.10150.0.nnrp-13.9e981872@news.demon.co.uk>, "Roger
Jones" <news@roga.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >Hi
> >
> >I've had some problems with a 5 win95 computer tcp/ip network (to enable
the
> >use of vsocks light from pscs). (All win 95)
> >
> >I have assigned IP numbers to the computers. The "server" also has DUN.
IP
> >properties are set individually for DUN & NIC.
> >I have tried giving the server both 10.0.0.2 and 192.168.0.1 with the
> >clients numbers following on. Subnet mask in both cases: 255.255.255.0
> >
> >For some reason the server can't be found on this network. If I ping
> >10.0.0.2 or 192.168.0.1 I get a reasonable response. If I ping "server" I
> >get "bad IP number" message. All clients can ping each other, problem is
> >with server.
>
> Which system is acting as your nameserver?
There is no nameserver on the local network

> Are you using WINS?
No

> Have you created and installed a HOSTS file for each PC?
No, I guess from the above replies that I should dreate a file called
"hosts" in the windows directory translating ip numbers to computer names

> Is the name of the server in fact "server" (or was that just a guess on
your
> part)?
Yes it is called "server"

OK I'll try the "hosts" file. Thanx for all of the replies.

BTW why are 3 of the computers able to be pinged without a host file?


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Roger Jones <news@roga.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> No, I guess from the above replies that I should dreate a file called
> "hosts" in the windows directory translating ip numbers to computer names


I have just found this in a resource kit:

Important

To use the HOSTS file for name resolution, the Enable DNS option must be
selected. To do this, use the DNS Configuration tab in TCP/IP properties in
the Network option in Control Panel.


So should I enable DNS with the adress of a DNS server?


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|> No, I guess from the above replies that I should dreate a file called
|> "hosts" in the windows directory translating ip numbers to computer names

|I have just found this in a resource kit:
|
|Important
|
|To use the HOSTS file for name resolution, the Enable DNS option must be
|selected. To do this, use the DNS Configuration tab in TCP/IP properties in
|the Network option in Control Panel.
|
|So should I enable DNS with the adress of a DNS server?



I think what you really want is an LMHOSTS file. But a HOSTS
file couldn't hurt - heck I've got both ... just in case ...
(this IS a microsoft product we are talking about here).
DNS won't help you find other machines on your local network.

Microsoft does not do a good job of keeping MS-Networking and
Internetworking straight. A hosts file is useful for giving IP-names to
devices on your local network. This allows you to, for example, "ping
fred" instead of "ping 192.168.1.2" and prevents those sort of name to
address translations from using a remote DNS server which might force a
dial-up you don't want.

The lmhosts file does the same thing for NetBIOS name resolution except
that you don't need a lmhosts file to resolve names on a local subnet
because NetBIOS can broadcast to resolve names, something DNS can't do,
unfortunately.

The IP-name and NetBIOS name can be completely different, but since this
is stupid, most times you don't see that done.

--Kent

Netwatcher <hawthorn@waikato.ac.n______z> wrote in message
news:925099414.590078@clint.waikato.ac.nz...
> |> No, I guess from the above replies that I should dreate a file called
> |> "hosts" in the windows directory translating ip numbers to computer
names
>
> |I have just found this in a resource kit:
> |
> |Important
> |
> |To use the HOSTS file for name resolution, the Enable DNS option must
be
> |selected. To do this, use the DNS Configuration tab in TCP/IP
properties in
> |the Network option in Control Panel.
> |
> |So should I enable DNS with the adress of a DNS server?
>
>
>
> I think what you really want is an LMHOSTS file. But a HOSTS
> file couldn't hurt - heck I've got both ... just in case ...
> (this IS a microsoft product we are talking about here).
> DNS won't help you find other machines on your local network.
>
>