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DHCP & Resolving Workstations

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by james richardson

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I'm currently experiencing a problem with DHCP and one of our remote locations. When I try to ping a workstation by NAME, it fails to resolve and says unknow host, yet I can ping it by the IP address. Is their anything I can check other than comparing our DHCP servers or has anyone got any tips. When I check the DHCP assigned lists the workstation is listed and is active.
Any advice?

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by beermonster

The problem here is not DHCP, but whatever you are using to RESOLVE the name to the IP address (IE commonly WINS or DHCP). Do a
ping -a x.x.x.x
where x.x.x.x is the remote machines IP address. If the name that is returned is the correct one for the remote machine, then start looking at your DNS \ WINS to see if there is a problem there - IE does the remote machine have an entry, is it registering correctly with your name server etc etc...

by d4dar

If you can route IP addr's but the name is not resolving, I would check & make sure my socks files were ok. Specifically the file names are Winsock.dll & wsock32.dll. Extract both of those files from your install disk & replace the existing ones. If you don't have your CD try www.driversguide.com

Good Luck
Darlene

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