From: "Robert Comer" 

> The problem is that this machine is not recognized on the network by
> it's NETBIOSname, but is by it's IPnumber.

But that should mean that Netbios is disabled, so you look for a machine
with it disabled...

I guess I don't understand the problem then though, you know the IP address
(the PDC for DELL), but not which machine it is?

- Bob Comer


"Thees Peereboom"  wrote in message
news:qsbs3vsnr3futbcf8pbig7o1r97qhcga93{at}4ax.com...
> Bob,
>
> The problem is that this machine is not recognized on the network by
> it's NETBIOSname, but is by it's IPnumber.
>
> - Thees Peereboom
>
> On Sun, 2 Feb 2003 12:25:34 -0500, "Robert Comer"
>  wrote:
>
> >Do a netbios scan on the whole LAN looking for an IP address that doesn't
> >respond?
> >
> >Or the tried and true sneakernet scan looking in the event viewer...
> >
> >- Bob Comer
> >
> >
> >"Geo."  wrote in message
news:3e3d513c{at}w3.nls.net...
> >> Find all the machines that have DELL as the workgroup, change them all
to
> >> DELLwg as the workgroup name then try to ping the machine by name.
Problem
> >> is you have a workgroup and a machine with the same name, unless you
can
> >> find the machine the only way to find it via the network is if you
allow
> >it
> >> to come up with it's name and I don't think thats happening because the
> >name
> >> is already in use as a workgroup. It's probably being disabled
(netbios)
> >> when the machine boots.
> >>
> >> Geo.
> >>
> >> "Thees Peereboom"  wrote in message
> >> news:i6cq3vsc7i9mj9k4o9aff1m8lbvvh2srcr{at}4ax.com...
> >> > Geo,
> >> >
> >> > I did. Answer is 'unknown host'. If I ping it by IPaddress, it
> >> > responds well. Moreover, whenever I try to connect to
this mysterious
> >> > domain 'DELL' it says 'PDC not found'. I try to admin
the workstation
> >> > DELL from the NT-server (PDC) remove and add it from the
usual domain
> >> > is ok. Promoting the machine DELL to BDC won't work,
responds again
> >> > with 'PDC not found'.
> >> >
> >> > I'm really out of ideas.
> >> >
> >> > - Thees Peereboom
> >> >
> >> > On Sat, 1 Feb 2003 09:26:39 -0500, "Geo."
 wrote:
> >> >
> >> > >Yes, thanks, leave the \\ off the ping Thees.
> >> > >
> >> > >Geo.
> >> > >
> >> > >"You Can" 
wrote in message
> >> > >news:MPG.18a47bc3f7eb6c439896e0{at}news.barkto.com...
> >> > >> In article
,
> >> > >> theesp{at}barkto.com says...
> >> > >> > ping \\Dell returns 'unknown host'
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> I believe that should be 'Ping dell."  I
get the same results as
you
> >do
> >> > >> with "\\hostname."
> >> > >> --
> >> > >> l'bodacious
> >> > >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
>

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