Duplicate name exists, different server same ip

[mvvilleza]

Hi all,

I have a workgroup only network. I have a server1 w/ ip 192.168.0.10 for example. From an XP workstation, i added
"192.168.0.10 server1a" to its hosts file.

Accessing \\server1 was successful, but accessing server1a results with a message below:

"You were not connected because a duplicate name exists on the network"

This is a LAN only setup between 2 computers, so i'm sure that there's no conflict when it comes to names.

 

[Spirit]

There is no server1a on the network so it can't resolve the name? Unbless the XP machine is called server1a?

Iain

 

[mvvilleza]

server1 and server1a points to a single ip. server1 is the netbios name and i added server1a to the hosts file of Windows XP pointing to server1.

 

[TidyTrax]

Add/Edit this registry key on the server and it should work

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters

DisableStrictNameChecking=1

If its not already there add it in

 

[TidyTrax]

And you'll need to reboot