Can't Ping by Name
Okay, this is driving me crazy. I have a Windows 2008R2 print server set up. It is working fine for all existing printers that are connected to it. I am trying to add a new port "accounting" and I get an error. In troubleshooting, I discovered the server will not resolve the DNS name of the printer.
Here is what works:
Ping printer by IP
Ping another printer by name
Ping printer by name from a workstation (Win 7 x64)
Making another port to the same printer by IP instead of name
What doesn't work:
Nslookup on the printer name from the server (works from the workstation)
Ping printer by name
So I have a workaround of referring to the printer by IP instead of name, but this is not our standard. The strangest thing is how nslookup can fail for one system and work on another. Any other ideas?
Here is what works:
Ping printer by IP
Ping another printer by name
Ping printer by name from a workstation (Win 7 x64)
Making another port to the same printer by IP instead of name
What doesn't work:
Nslookup on the printer name from the server (works from the workstation)
Ping printer by name
So I have a workaround of referring to the printer by IP instead of name, but this is not our standard. The strangest thing is how nslookup can fail for one system and work on another. Any other ideas?
Soulja
Have you tried flushing your dns cache on the server? ipconfig /flushdns
From the server when you do a nbtstat -a ipaddress of printer? What do you get?
ASKER
Oops... forgot that I did ipconfig /flushdns.
NBTSTAT as mentioned nets the following (*serverip* is the IP address of the server with the problem):
Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [*serverip*] Scope Id: []
Host not found.
NBTSTAT as mentioned nets the following (*serverip* is the IP address of the server with the problem):
Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [*serverip*] Scope Id: []
Host not found.
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Found the problem myself. Thanks for the help.