Troubleshooting
Ping Failure
| Q1: | I can ping the remote host by IP address but cannot ping by name or use the net use command to mount any of its drives. |
| This is a classic example of name resolution failure. Clear the NetBIOS name cache with the nbtstat -R command. Then, clear the DNS resolver cache with the ipconfig /flushdns command. This starts you with a clean slate. Then, try to resolve the DNS name to an IP address with the nslookup <servername> command. Be sure to replace <servername> with the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the remote host—for example, nslookup gold.fis.local. If the response is negative, either you are using the wrong name or the server is not registering itself properly in the DNS. You can force the issue by placing ... |
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