Major problem with hostname resolution in Win2K

[Guest chrisrocker90@gmail.com]

Hi,

 

I'm having a terrifically difficult time getting the hostname of my

win2k

computer to resolve to the correct, external IP address (as opposed to

127.0.0.1). I think it's a Win2K problem,

 

Here's the issue: I'm using java to display the network interfaces and

their names on two identical Dell Latitude D800 Win2K systems. The

(undesired) result I'm getting on one system is as follows:

 

Interface: MS TCP Loopback Interface

Canonical Name: Chris <---- computer name

hostAddress: 127.0.0.1

Interface Broadcomm NeXtrem Gigabit Ehternet Driver

Canonical Name: 192.168.12.20

hostAddress: 192.168.12.20

 

On another system called "Rock", I get the desired result, with the

exact same code:

 

Interface: MS TCP Loopback Interface

Canonical Name: 127.0.0.1

hostAddress: 127.0.0.1

Interface Broadcomm NeXtrem Gigabit Ehternet Driver

Canonical Name: Rock <---- computer name

hostAddress: 192.168.12.40

 

Anyone know what could cause this behavior? I've tried just about

everything. I think I'm going to have recode around this nasty bug.

That means I'll have to modify some complicated, inherited spaghetti

code, instead of a hoped for tweak.

 

I've tried a bunch of things already (modifying hosts, lhmhosts,

disabling dns lookup service, ipconfig /dnsflush /registerdns,

enabling LMHOST lookup, changing the system name, searching through

the registry for computer name and 127.0.0.1). As far as I can tell,

all the relevant settings between the two systems are identical.

 

Any help would be vastly appreciated!

 

ps: java code used to display this output:

 

import java.net.*;

import java.util.*;

 

public class GetPublicHostName {

 

public static void main (String args[]) throws Throwable{

System.out.println("abc");

NetworkInterface iface = null;

for (Enumeration ifaces =

NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces();

ifaces.hasMoreElements();){

System.out.println("efg");

iface =

(NetworkInterface)ifaces.nextElement();

System.out.println("xInterface:" +

iface.getDisplayName());

InetAddress ia = null;

for (Enumeration ips =

iface.getInetAddresses();

ips.hasMoreElements();){

ia = (InetAddress)ips.nextElement();

 

System.out.println(ia.getCanonicalHostName() + " " +

ia.getHostAddress());

}

}

}

 

Thanks!

[Guest philo]

Re: Major problem with hostname resolution in Win2K

 

 

<chrisrocker90@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:1191674079.292643.43110@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com...

> Hi,

>

> I'm having a terrifically difficult time getting the hostname of my

> win2k

> computer to resolve to the correct, external IP address (as opposed to

> 127.0.0.1). I think it's a Win2K problem,

>

> Here's the issue: I'm using java to display the network interfaces and

> their names on two identical Dell Latitude D800 Win2K systems. The

> (undesired) result I'm getting on one system is as follows:

>

> Interface: MS TCP Loopback Interface

> Canonical Name: Chris <---- computer name

> hostAddress: 127.0.0.1

> Interface Broadcomm NeXtrem Gigabit Ehternet Driver

> Canonical Name: 192.168.12.20

> hostAddress: 192.168.12.20

>

> On another system called "Rock", I get the desired result, with the

> exact same code:

>

> Interface: MS TCP Loopback Interface

> Canonical Name: 127.0.0.1

> hostAddress: 127.0.0.1

> Interface Broadcomm NeXtrem Gigabit Ehternet Driver

> Canonical Name: Rock <---- computer name

> hostAddress: 192.168.12.40

>

 

 

Did you clone one sytem to the other machine then simply rename one?

 

You probably know this already but maybe you missed something:

 

http://www.rscott.org/dns/cname.html