On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Tracy Pearson <[email protected]> wrote:
> PING boxname.domain.local Is it really ".local" Hard as it is to believe, Windows has a feature called "Screen Bad TLDs" because, of course, Microsoft knows more about what kind of Top Level Domains should and shouldn't be allowed than you do. A suggested workaround can be found here: http://www.windowsreference.com/windows-vista/fix-for-ping-request-could-not-find-host-fqdn-of-server-error/ I see some MSKB articles suggesting this problem occurs with FQDNs that are numeric so it may not be the issue. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CACW6n4tB8LyT4hdVxwcemF97Nc05ai2sS7vz_H2ZWWpL=lw...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
