Hi Justin, Thursday, January 29, 2004, 7:40:57 AM, you wrote:
JB> I can ping the server if I fill out the whole IP name, ie. JB> myDC.ece.utk.edu will ping successfully, but myDC would fail. The "net JB> use" command is old enough that myDC.ece.utk.edu will not work with it, JB> but if you use the "Map Network Drive" feature, you can use the whole IP JB> name. I think that if I can add the proper entries to the lmhosts file, JB> it should work with just the name. Maybe I am wrong about this? Anyone JB> got any suggestions? Sounds like perhaps you're using a standard internet name server instead of the domain name server. --Scott. JB> Scott McNay wrote: >>JB> I was having problems installing a couple of boxes from a different >>JB> subnet, because they couldn't resolve the server name. I added the name >>JB> and IP address of the server to the lmhosts file on the cd and that >>JB> fixed the problem, until Windows tries to join up to the domain. During >>JB> the installation, a message pops up that says the Domain controller >>JB> couldn't be reached, and I tell it to continue and join later. Well >>JB> once Windows finishes installing, nothing happens, because the server >>JB> still cannot be reached, so it just sits there. I tried adding the >>JB> server to the Windows hosts (/Windows/system32/drivers/etc) file, but >>JB> that didn't help either. Any other suggestions on how to resolve the issue? ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
