Connecting to a server by name

[Guest Jasper Recto]

I have a Cisco ASA firewall that allows me to VPN into our company domain.

 

When I'm in the domain, I can ping any computer or connect to it through

terminal server by using the computer IP address.

 

Is there anything I can do so that I can connect to computer by its computer

name? If I try to ping a computer name, the DNS can not resolve it. Is

there a host file I can edit that can reference the computer name and it's

corresponding IP address?

 

I'm on Windows XP.

 

Thanks,

Jasper

[Guest Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)]

Re: Connecting to a server by name

 

Talk to your administrator. If he adds the LAN DNS and WINS to the VPN

server, you should be able to access the remote computers by name. This how

to may help.

How to setup VPN

How many inbound dial-in connections are supported How to add DNS and

WINS into your Cisco VPN server How to assign a static IP to VPN client ...

http://www.howtonetworking.com/Windows/vpnsetup.htm

 

 

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"Jasper Recto" <jrecto99@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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>I have a Cisco ASA firewall that allows me to VPN into our company domain.

>

> When I'm in the domain, I can ping any computer or connect to it through

> terminal server by using the computer IP address.

>

> Is there anything I can do so that I can connect to computer by its

> computer name? If I try to ping a computer name, the DNS can not resolve

> it. Is there a host file I can edit that can reference the computer name

> and it's corresponding IP address?

>

> I'm on Windows XP.

>

> Thanks,

> Jasper

>

[Guest Spaceman]

Re: Connecting to a server by name

 

I have not used VPN in a while,

but I think once connected you can ping names

using

ping computername

(no \\ before the name)

I am not sure if that is how it worked since it has

been a long time since I have done such.

Maybe?

 

 

 

"Jasper Recto" <jrecto99@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:ONHyBAy9IHA.4956@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>I have a Cisco ASA firewall that allows me to VPN into our company domain.

>

> When I'm in the domain, I can ping any computer or connect to it through

> terminal server by using the computer IP address.

>

> Is there anything I can do so that I can connect to computer by its

> computer name? If I try to ping a computer name, the DNS can not resolve

> it. Is there a host file I can edit that can reference the computer name

> and it's corresponding IP address?

>

> I'm on Windows XP.

>

> Thanks,

> Jasper

>