Re: Name resolution in Vista

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"Frankster" <frank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"SuperK" <msnews08@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Can anyone tell me exactly what Vista (and XP for that matter) uses for
name
resolution when on a small p2p workgroup?
With no domain or server running DNS and no longer able to run Netbios
on
the pc. With IP installed I can ping by IP address but what exactly is
allowing me to ping by machine name?



NetBIOS allows you to ping by machine name.

You can edit the hosts file to achieve name resolution.

-Frank



But NetBios is no longer installed, supported in Vista and XP. It appears to
be severely frowned upon by IT people.

Are you saying install it anyway?


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