Server name

[stewm]

There are several remote computers then I need to connect to from home on a regular basis. I use terminal services to get to them. I know all the IPs. However while at work I use the name not the IP.

How to I assign a server name to an IP so it has more meaning. My terminal services drop down is just a bunch of IP's. I want it to have a much more meaningful list. Know what I mean?

Thanks

Mark Stewart
Senior Analyst
Consultants Club Corp.
Windsor, Ontario
Canada

http://www.consultantsclub.biz

 

[ChrisAC]

Are you asking what you should call then or how to resolve them by name instead of an IP address?

Chris.

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Chris Andrew, CCNA, CCSA
chris@iproute.co.uk
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[GlenJohnson]

What operating systems are you using?

Glen A. Johnson
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Johnson Computers

 

[stewm]

I'm using Win XP. Some of the names come accross at home when I'm using VPN but most do not so I end up using the IPs. No big deal but I just don't know which is which when I'm not going by the names.

Mark Stewart
Senior Analyst
Consultants Club Corp.
Windsor, Ontario
Canada

http://www.consultantsclub.biz

 

[GlenJohnson]

What happens when you use the names?

Glen A. Johnson
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[ChrisAC]

To resolve by name you need to use either DNS, WINS or host files, presuming that NetBIOS isn't working over your VPN.

Chris.

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Chris Andrew, CCNA, CCSA
chris@iproute.co.uk
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[BigShyBear]

Easiest way is to add the names into the hosts file on the local machines
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC