Can't ping remote machine using its name

On a Windows Server 2003 machine,I'm trying to ping a
remote machine using its name. I can ping this machine by
IP address, but need to be able to connect by name for SQL
Server. I have edited the hosts file at :\WINNT\System32
\drivers\etc to no avail. (I have added the IP address and
name, made sure I saved the file, forced a reload using
nbtstat -R, and even rebooted the machine to make sure it
was loaded).

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

nbtstat - R won't help. Make sure the DNS client service is running - type
"net start dnscache". Once the DNS client starts type "ipconfig /flushdns"
and when that completes type "ipconfig /displaydns" and your records added
to the hosts file should be displayed.

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Thanks,
Marc Reynolds
Microsoft Technical Support

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"Xitch14" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On a Windows Server 2003 machine,I'm trying to ping a
> remote machine using its name. I can ping this machine by
> IP address, but need to be able to connect by name for SQL
> Server. I have edited the hosts file at :\WINNT\System32
> \drivers\etc to no avail. (I have added the IP address and
> name, made sure I saved the file, forced a reload using
> nbtstat -R, and even rebooted the machine to make sure it
> was loaded).
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you