> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fernando > Esteban La Rocca > > Hello, i have two computers with windows XP on both of them, > from one i can > connect vnc using the ip or the net name of the other but > from the other one i > can connect to the first one only by using the ip number > because when i put > the net name y takes a while and then sayd can connect to > server. If someone > knows why is this please tell before i get insane looking for > a solution.
It's a name resolution issue, not a VNC issue. I believe WinXP still tries to resolve via broadcast if nothing else is available. Possibly a firewall on one machine or another is blocking the requests. A quick and dirty fix is to add entries to the C:\windows\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC\hosts (or C:\winnt\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC\hosts depending on how WinXP was installed) file on both machines. More scalable solutions involve a DNS server. -- William Hooper _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
