This is the link back to the Microsoft support website that defines LMHOSTS
tables. I hope this helps. Good luck!
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q101/9/27.asp?LNG=ENG&SA=AL
LKB&FR=0
Gil
----- Original Message -----
From: Gilbert Saenz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 9:24 AM
Subject: Re: [NetMeeting] When can you use a machine name to contact a
NetMeeting user?
> Have you ever tried using LMHOSTS tables? Here is the link back to the
> Microsoft support site. I hope this helps!
>
> Gil
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mikko Kiviharju <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 12:42 AM
> Subject: Re: [NetMeeting] When can you use a machine name to contact a
> NetMeeting user?
>
>
> >
> > > You need a DHCP server to translate machine names to IP addresses.
> > .
> > Or a DNS, which actually preceded DHCP-servers.
> > .
> > > There is no machine name-to-IP address translation
> > > per-se,
> > .
> > DNS is, and it can be categorized as a directory server as well as
> > a DHCP-server.
> > .
> > > > someone on my LAN using their computer name,
> > .
> > The reason for this is that in most LANs the network protocol is
> > TCP/IP and the workstations Windows-based. They recommend
> > you to put the computer-ID/account-name equal with (one of) its
> > DNS-translations. If you'll refer to a computer with IP-address
> > 192.168.200.0 as \\WORKSTATION1, you'll most likely have
> > also a DNS-name for it such as workstation1.mydomain.com.
> > .
> > If this is not the case, you cannot call to it, either. In Win9x and NT4
> > the ID is in Start-Settings-Control Panel-Network-Identification, and
the
> > DNS-name suggested is in the Network-applet as well, but you'll
> > have to choose Protocols-TCP/IP-properties.
> > .
> > > > I can't contact
> > > > someone on the internet using their computer name,
> > > > can I?
> > .
> > In general, no. Then again, if you define "a computer name" to consist
> > of the computer-name and domain-suffix(es), and if such a DNS-name
> > exists in some DNS-server your DNS-server has a path to, then yes.
> > .
> > t m
> >
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