pdc cannot ping netbios domain name

[Guest Jeff]

hey

 

I've got a simple network at home, consistig of a winXPpro (sp2) and Windows

Server 2003 Enterprise (180-days evaluation)

 

I've just performed a fresh installation of win2k3 and promoted this

computer as domain controller.

 

When I promoted this machine to domain controller I choose the standard

values the wizard suggested.....

 

Each computer can ping each other using their netbios name

 

the problem is that on the win2k3 machine I cannot ping the domain using

it's netbios name...

(It doesn't work from the winXP machine either)

 

firewall is turned off on both machines

 

any suggestions why pdc cannot ping domain name using netbios name

[Guest neo [mvp outlook]]

Re: pdc cannot ping netbios domain name

 

the netbios name of the domain isn't a host per se. depending on how you

are going after this to test things, it can either be seen as a dfs endpoint

(e.g. open windows explorer and type \\<netbios name of domain>\sysvol) or

in the land of WINS who might be responsible for the domain/workgroup name

so browsing for resources works via my network places.

 

if you need to ping the name of the domain, use its fqdn. (e.g. if the

domain was named contoso.local, then you ping contoso.local)

 

"Jeff" <no_email_address> wrote in message

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> hey

>

> I've got a simple network at home, consistig of a winXPpro (sp2) and

> Windows Server 2003 Enterprise (180-days evaluation)

>

> I've just performed a fresh installation of win2k3 and promoted this

> computer as domain controller.

>

> When I promoted this machine to domain controller I choose the standard

> values the wizard suggested.....

>

> Each computer can ping each other using their netbios name

>

> the problem is that on the win2k3 machine I cannot ping the domain using

> it's netbios name...

> (It doesn't work from the winXP machine either)

>

> firewall is turned off on both machines

>

> any suggestions why pdc cannot ping domain name using netbios name

>