Name resolution without DNS server

[Ahnea]

I do not have a DNS server on my network. I can access the HP machine from my Win NT PC using IE by entering the IP address of the HP machine. How do I access the HP machine by using a computer name (eg BUSX) rather than the IP address?
TIA.

[Jean-Luc Oudart]

Just use a host file
C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Rgds,
Jean-Luc

[Pete Randall]

You need to set up your /etc/hosts file with the name and IP of all the machines you need to access:

127.0.0.1.......localhost....loopback
130.1.0.246.....silkworm.....silkworm.holstein.com

and so on.


Pete

[Mark Greene_1]

Add the HP name and IP to your PC in file C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

mark

[Helen French]

You can add your HP machine IP address and full host name in C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file. The syntax is given on the file itself.

Also, add your NT system IP address and host name in the HP system too. After you do this, check your name resolution with 'nslookup' and 'ping' commands.