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Old 01-08-2011, 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by pjphilli View Post
Hi OIC

I see that the file names do not appear on the attachments to my previous post.

The server is the one with the IP address 169.254.51.212
the remote IP address is 192.168.1.3.
The server is getting 169.254.51.212 because it is looking for DHCP and not finding a server.
The remote is getting 192.168.1.3 because it has been given that as a static address.

OIC's answer will solve your problem, but I don't find giving PCs or servers addresses at the start of the address range good network design. I configure DHCP to not allocate from there. My policy is for network devices to use the first few numbers. I'd be more tempted to make it something like 192.168.1.4

Windows boxes should be able to find each other by using NetBIOS name resolution even if the names are not in the hosts file. Unless you've disabled that which I find unlikely.

You might consider renaming p-b8efe62f25644 to something a bit more human readable. That's buried somewhere under "My Computer".

As for adding static routes - that is a "when all else fails" solution. Don't go there.

Andrew
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