problem: windows server 2003 not sharing/accepting network host names from windows xp

Hi,

Any help with this would be much appreciated:
I have a Windows server 2003 machine on a local network with various XP
machines. The server 2003 machine is unable to access network shares via
the xp computer name (as in \\gardner), but the IP address (as in
\\192.168.1.110) works fine. Also, the XP machines cannot access the
Windows Server 2003 machine via computer name (\\monster) but the ip
(\\192.168.1.106) works fine. As I have several xp machines with network
shares and without static ips, this is highly inconvenient. Unfortunately,
I'm unable to express the problem in a brief enough form to come up with
particularly useful google results; any guidance would surely be helpful.
File and Printer sharing seems to be working, as I can access shares by IP,
and dns seems to be working, as I can access external websites like
google.ca from the server. I'm stumped!

Yours,
Samuel Proulx

The first thing I would check is that the server has Netbios over TCP/IP
enabled. Look at the WINS tab in Advanced TCP/IP Settings.

Samuel Proulx wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Any help with this would be much appreciated:
> I have a Windows server 2003 machine on a local network with various
> XP machines. The server 2003 machine is unable to access network
> shares via the xp computer name (as in \\gardner), but the IP address
> (as in \\192.168.1.110) works fine. Also, the XP machines cannot
> access the Windows Server 2003 machine via computer name (\\monster)
> but the ip (\\192.168.1.106) works fine. As I have several xp
> machines with network shares and without static ips, this is highly
> inconvenient. Unfortunately, I'm unable to express the problem in a
> brief enough form to come up with particularly useful google results;
> any guidance would surely be helpful. File and Printer sharing seems
> to be working, as I can access shares by IP, and dns seems to be
> working, as I can access external websites like google.ca from the
> server. I'm stumped!
> Yours,
> Samuel Proulx

Hi,

Many thanks. This solved the problem. For anyone else searching for this
at a later date, do:
1. go to settings, control panel, and open the network connections list.
2. go to the card in question, and click it.
3. click properties, and select tcp/ip.
4. press the advanced button, and check the button labeled "enable netbios
over tcp/ip, located in the wins tab.
5. depending on your router model, you may also need to add your routers
address as a wins server (I did); click add, and enter the ip of your
router.

Now if I can just beat iis into submission, I've got it made. :-)

"Bill Grant" <not.available@online> wrote in message
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> The first thing I would check is that the server has Netbios over
> TCP/IP enabled. Look at the WINS tab in Advanced TCP/IP Settings.
>
> Samuel Proulx wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Any help with this would be much appreciated:
>> I have a Windows server 2003 machine on a local network with various
>> XP machines. The server 2003 machine is unable to access network
>> shares via the xp computer name (as in \\gardner), but the IP address
>> (as in \\192.168.1.110) works fine. Also, the XP machines cannot
>> access the Windows Server 2003 machine via computer name (\\monster)
>> but the ip (\\192.168.1.106) works fine. As I have several xp
>> machines with network shares and without static ips, this is highly
>> inconvenient. Unfortunately, I'm unable to express the problem in a
>> brief enough form to come up with particularly useful google results;
>> any guidance would surely be helpful. File and Printer sharing seems
>> to be working, as I can access shares by IP, and dns seems to be
>> working, as I can access external websites like google.ca from the
>> server. I'm stumped!
>> Yours,
>> Samuel Proulx
>
>