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| 1220373 | 2011-08-01 08:45:00 | Hi All, I can only access my PC's and NAS device on my local network via IP address rather than their hostnames. Any ideas on how I can fix this? :groan: Cheers. :thumbs: |
GR8Metal (14133) | ||
| 1220374 | 2011-08-01 08:50:00 | Where is your dns pointing? | Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1220375 | 2011-08-01 09:14:00 | Where should it be pointing to? Just a note, I'm running Win7 Pro 64bit. |
GR8Metal (14133) | ||
| 1220376 | 2011-08-01 09:37:00 | Are all the PC's in the same workgroup ? While it shouldn't really matter as much with W7 often this can be a cause. If you go into "network" Click start / network (on the right) are the PC's shown there ? |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1220377 | 2011-08-01 09:53:00 | Where should it be pointing to? Just a note, I'm running Win7 Pro 64bit. Usually to whatever is running your DHCP (typically your router) |
inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1220378 | 2011-08-01 09:53:00 | All PC's are on the homegroup network. No PC's on the LAN when I got to network Wainui.... Other PC's on the LAN work when accessing via hostnames.... |
GR8Metal (14133) | ||
| 1220379 | 2011-08-01 09:59:00 | can you ping the host name of other PC's? | Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1220380 | 2011-08-01 10:07:00 | can you ping the host name of other PC's? Nope.. |
GR8Metal (14133) | ||
| 1220381 | 2011-08-01 10:20:00 | Sounds a little like W7's Homegroup is the problem. To test this, if you remove two PC's from the homegroup, and run the older style Networking /LAN , then they should show in the the Network, and connect Via their names. If you have a PC in homegroup, it by passes the Normal LAN type connections ( not quote the right way to explain it, but best i can come up with at the moment :D ) What are the make up of the PC's Eg: only W7 can use Homegroup |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1220382 | 2011-08-01 10:24:00 | Nope.. Do an ipconfig /all what are the dns addresses |
Alex B (15479) | ||
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