q about specifying domain in LMHOSTS

hey

I got a winXP (pro with sp2) machine and a win2k3 machine. From the winxp
machine I can ping the win2k3 machine. The win2k3 machine is a domain
controller: test.local. win2k3 machine can ping winxp machine

But from winxp machine I cannot ping test.local

so I thought about setup LMHOSTS at the winxp machine

my question is this:
#DOMOMAIN_NAME, should I here put the the netbios name (TEST) or the full
active directory name (TEST.LOCAL)

any suggestions?

solved


"Jeff" <it_consultant1@hotmail.com.NOSPAM> wrote in message
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> hey
>
> I got a winXP (pro with sp2) machine and a win2k3 machine. From the winxp
> machine I can ping the win2k3 machine. The win2k3 machine is a domain
> controller: test.local. win2k3 machine can ping winxp machine
>
> But from winxp machine I cannot ping test.local
>
> so I thought about setup LMHOSTS at the winxp machine
>
> my question is this:
> #DOMOMAIN_NAME, should I here put the the netbios name (TEST) or the
> full active directory name (TEST.LOCAL)
>
> any suggestions?
>
>
>