Permission Problem

[rafeman]

Hi, we have just installed a new server on Windows 2003 with a workgroup, no domain. If my laptop is connected to the LAN and I tried to find the server by its name (DPS2) it cannot find it, I have to use the IP Address.
However, if I VPN in to my server from home it finds the server by name and the ip address is not required. Whats going on here? It's causing me problems with other programs and syncronising datbaases.
Thanks

 

[gb0mb]

Seems to me to be a dns problem. When connected to the lan with the laptop what is the nameserver the laptop references. Find that and verify a record exists for the machine.

Gb0mb

........99.9% User Error........

 

[rafeman]

Hi, how to I find out what nameserver the laptop references? Thanks