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can not access the computer in the lan by \\hostname ,but can access it by \\ip address.

Jiang-tao Wang 0 Reputation points
Mar 24, 2023, 2:11 AM

can not access the computer in the lan by \hostname ,but can access it by \ip address.

can see the hostA,hostB in the network , ping is ok.but can not access it by \hostA,

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  1. Anonymous
    Mar 24, 2023, 2:25 AM

    Nothing much to go on but it sounds like broken DNS. I'd check all members are using the local DNS server and that the DNS server is functional.

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