I've been using STN for a while now without problems, but have never use DHCP.
I have never been able to ping any internal workstation from any other - by name.
This hasnt been
a problem till recently since none of the machines run a server.
However, I now want to set up a SAMBA file server and an APACHE web server (for
internal use only)
plus a laptop and some extra workstations and really want to start using named TCP/IP
services and
DHCP on various machines.
On the STN box (Dialup using PPP) the DNS server is setup with the "Name Svr" field
blank. DHCP
is enabled and the laptop can get an IP address OK (running a network trace on the
network confirms
that DHCP supplies the IP address and figures out the name of the laptop)
On another workstation (WIN95 static IP address (for now) GATEWAY ip is OK) I can ping
external
services OK but I cant ping the laptop by name ..... :-( I can ping the laptop
if I give the
IP address.
Can anyone suggest what I might be doing wrong ??? or am I expecting STN to do
something it was not
designed for ???
I'm fed up with maitaining LMHOST files and was hoping that the combo of DHCP and DNS
would be the
answer to a maidens prayer.
Rgds,
Bob
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