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Netbios name and Dns resolution

Asked by jskfan in Domain Name Service (DNS), Samba File Server, Microsoft Server

Netbios name and Dns resolution

we have a samba server in the network, its Netbios name is Serversmb, and IP :10.10.10.10
in windows DNS we have an A record Compsamba pointing to the same samba server 10.10.10.10

there is a share in the samba server that I can access from some windows computers but not from few of them if I use DNS name.
For instance:
if I use \\serversmb\sharename I can access the share (serversmb is netbios name)
if I use \\10.10.10.10\sharename I can access the share
But if I use \\Compsamba\sharename, I can't access the share (Compsamba is the dns name for samba server)

I receive the message:
<<\\Compsamba\sharename refers to a location that is unavailable. It could be on a hard drive on this computer, or ona network.Check to make sure that the disk is properly inserted, or that you are connected to the internet or your network, and then try again. If still cannot be located, the information might have been moved to a different location.>>

This happens only from a few windows servers, and don't want to reboot them since they are production servers.
I run the ipconfig /flushdns and didn't help

any idea?

Thanks

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Netbios name and Dns resolution

Asked by jskfan in Domain Name Service (DNS), Samba File Server, Microsoft Server

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