Windows XP does not have NETBEUI installed by default, so the broadcast will not happen. If you don't have a DNS server with records for the computer and you don't want to maintain a hosts file for your computers, you can still install NETBEUI in XP. Microsoft has hidden it on the XP CD under "\VALUEADD\MSFT\NET\NETBEUI".
This protocol is also very useful if you are setting up a home LAN with computers running mixed operating systems. Without it, there have been complaints that Win9x computers could not see the XP computers. Wasn't it nice of Microsoft to do this to us? Go into the networking settings where you add protocols and choose to add a new one. Tell the Wizard to browse to that path on the XP CD and it will install it from there. If you need more assistance, feel free to email me. -----Original Message----- From: William Hooper [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 1:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Problem connecting with net name on Windows XP > -----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 _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
