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| Thread ID: 90023 | 2008-05-20 05:06:00 | why can't i ping a pc until i setup a shared folder on it? | mOOseCaNNoN (13319) | Press F1 |
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| 670976 | 2008-05-20 08:28:00 | yeah.. it must be like before you setup a shared folder windows firewall blocks access to the computer, once you share a folder it allows access or something.. i pretty much hate microsoft. wish they'd use linux at work... thanks for your input wainui :) |
mOOseCaNNoN (13319) | ||
| 670977 | 2008-05-20 08:56:00 | When you ping a PC by name over the LAN I'm fairly sure the DNS converts that to the IP address, just like if you open CMD and type in Ping www . pcworld . co . nz you get a reply of 210 . 48 . 100 . 25, its only a conversion so humans can remember the name a lot better than remembering a IP address . I must admit usually, when pinging a network, I use the IP address to fault find etc, never the name . If I go run \\computername on any of the PC/servers here, they all open instantly, BUT then I have shared folders on all as well :rolleyes: So thats no help . Maybe someone with more networking Knowledge can advice regarding names . |
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| 670978 | 2008-05-20 09:08:00 | Moosecannon eh, ah takes me back to the old AQ2 days ah memories |
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| 670979 | 2008-05-20 09:17:00 | aq2 ftw. i kinda hi-jacked the name but yeah i used 2 play :) | mOOseCaNNoN (13319) | ||
| 670980 | 2008-05-20 21:41:00 | damn now i'm all nostalgic, wheres me q2 disc | kersonan (13264) | ||
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