Hi Uwe,

> > > If nslookup doesn't give you the right answer, then put the hostname,
> > > ipaddr pair into your HOST-file.
> >
> > Nevertheless, I'm still a bit unsure :-)
> >
> > Take this:
> > Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]
> > (C) Copyright 1985-2000 Microsoft Corp.
> >
> > C:\Documents and Settings\Martijn>nslookup iduna
> > Server: ns-cache-1.ns.nl.demon.net
> > Address: 194.159.73.136
> >
> > *** ns-cache-1.ns.nl.demon.net can't find iduna: Non-existent domain
> >
> > C:\Documents and Settings\Martijn>ping iduna
> >
> > Pinging iduna [192.168.2.5] with 32 bytes of data:
> >
> > Reply from 192.168.2.5: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=128
> > Reply from 192.168.2.5: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
> >
> > Ping statistics for 192.168.2.5:
> > Packets: Sent = 2, Received = 2, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
> > Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
> > Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 15ms, Average = 7ms
> > Control-C
> > ^C
> > C:\Documents and Settings\Martijn>
> >
> > "iduna" (one of my servers) can be found by PING and
> > runs Firebird. I can use the server name without problems.
> >
> > It doesn't do nslookup though.
> >
> > Ah well, it works fine here, so that's a start...
> >
> > Thanks for the explanation anyway.
>
> Martijn, now i would like to know also what's going on there.
> I thought the Network Names in Windows and the DNS are two different

things.

> Maybe it's a WINS Server which is giving you the right IP-addr?
> The reason i never stumped in this is that i learned the whole thing
> under Unix like
> systems, where you have to do it right in terms of 'there is nothing
> which helps
> you getting the ip for a hostname other then DNS or HOSTS'.
> What if you stop your file sharing on this machine and the Wins server
> isn't able to
> give the right answer. Then you have to do it the right way (use DNS or
> HOSTS).

There's no WINS server in this network. There's a checkbox on the
WINS tab of the TCP/IP settings though, that says "enable LMHOSTS
lookup". And "Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP". Perhaps those do the
trick?

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
Database Workbench - developer tool for InterBase, Firebird, MySQL & MS SQL
Server.
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