Windows xp name resolution

You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Windows XP Name Resolution. Thread starter pagel Start date Jun 27, Joined Mar 5, Messages I have a 3g Router from Vodacom connected to a desktop and 2 laptops that then use that as an internet connection and that I would like to form a home network.

All computers runs Xp Pro. All IP adresses assigned automatically. All computers can access the internet. All computers can see the other by IP adress problem is that these change from time to time. The one laptop and desktop can see each other by name works perfectly.

The other laptop can see neither desktop, nor other laptop by name. The setup on both laptops is the same workgroups etc. This is obviously a name resolution issue - I can fix the IP addresses, but need the laptops to connect to other networks that assign IP addresses automatically and don't want to change network settings all the time. This is driving me crazy - please help!!

The 3G router firmware 2. Regards Pagel. Joined Mar 2, Messages What is the status of your firewalls and have you enabled file and printer sharing on the problematic laptop? Run Zonealarm on all three to prevent unintended bandwith usage on always on connection and the range of IP adresses that can be assigned is in the trusted zone - doubt that is the issue as zonealarm is set up the same on all three machines and one laptop and desktop can see each other.

Windows firewall disabled. The computer name is a unique windows identifier necessary when networking computers. The computers on this network are using netbios to resolve the computernames. I'm dont know much about the actual working of netbios but a website on a computer can be loaded by 4 means.

A computer can not have more than one computer name. However, there is a hosts file somewhere on the drive. In the file you write the domain name you want and the ip address of the appropriate computer. All the computers need a copy of the file and it has to be the same. Then you can use these domain names in the browsers and the computers know how to resolve them. These domain won't work on the internet. I will try and find our hosts file. I think you will have one already.

From: chrismbg-ga on 16 May PDT. Either way will work. If you don't see it right away go to a command prompt and type 'nbtstat -R' without the quotes. Happy networking :. Privacy policy. Such name failures may cause application or component hangs, resource outages waiting for dependent timeout expirations that directly or indirectly cause operational failures.

For these reasons, it's recommended to configure any Windows client with more than one DNS server, but it's important to be aware of the Windows client resolution process, as it's different based on how many DNS servers we've configured. Any Name Error response by the DNS server will cause the process to stop - client doesn't retry if the response was negative. In this scenario, the client is then trying to query the same DNS server five times before timing out.

IPv4 Address. Any Name Error response by any of the DNS servers will cause the process to stop - client doesn't retry with the next server if the response was negative. Client tries new servers only if the previous are unreachable. In this scenario, the client is then trying to query mostly the first DNS server, and the secondary once.