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Windows 7 - RDC works with IP address but not computer name
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| 01-28-2010 | #1 |
| | RDC works with IP address but not computer name I have 2 Windows 7 Pro computers in a homegroup. I have set up RDC and I can connect from computer a to computer b if I use the IP address, but not if I use the computer name. Any ideas? Last edited by skunksmash; 01-30-2010 at 11:41 AM.. |
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| 01-28-2010 | #2 |
| | The Host File, I just can't remember where it is lol |
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| 01-28-2010 | #3 |
| | C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\ |
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| 01-28-2010 | #4 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by aem  C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\ |
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| 01-28-2010 | #5 |
| | What's in your WINS tab (under tcp/ip4 Properties, Advance button) ? |
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| 01-30-2010 | #6 |
| | Thanks. I have found the cause of the problem. For use when connecting to my corporate LAN thru a VPN, on the DNS tab I have specified DNS suffixes to append to unqualified names. The computer I was trying to RDC to is called htpc. However, there is also a computer called htpc.xyx.com (assuming one of the DNS suffixes I have is xyz.com). When I try to RDC to htpc, it tries a connection to htpc.xyz.com, which of course fails. I found this out by doing ping htpc. The response I got was from htpc.xyz.com. |
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