DNS and UNC name resolution

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Usually using WINS , i can use UNC to map network drives to other
server. But if i only use DNS/AD name resolution, can i use UNC name to
access other server ? Pls advise thanks

Regards
Daniel
 
Yes, even if NetBIOS is disabled you can resolve the name with DNS. Double
check that computers have the default check box to append the DNS suffix in
their TCP/IP Advanced Properties.

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP
 
Doug, doesnt that UNC requires netbios ? So wins got netbios , but does
dns have it ?

Regards
Daniel
 
As a practical matter in workgroup environments and probably under older
versions of Windows, you needed NetBIOS because it was your only source of
name resolution and/or it was necessary for file sharing. Now with SMB
hosting over TCP/IP, as long as you have some means of resolving names, such
as DNS, you can connect to \\servername\sharename. Not sure what happens if
you try to use lmhosts files without NetBIOS - probably won't work, but
hosts files should. Also, without NetBIOS you cannot browse and in general
I do not advocate disabling it because a surprising number of familiar tasks
rely on it.

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MSCA, MCP+I, MVP
 
Doug, whats SMB ? but u still advise putting netbios on even the SMB in
on ? But just using dns without SMB we can't browse network right ?
Thanks

Regards
Daniel
 
Hi
If I have an alias as the cname for a server in DNS, is it possible to
specify this vname in a UNC path to connect printers or a share on that
server.
What I want to do is map a share or printer using the CNAME instead of the
computer name.
Is this possible, as when I try I get this error

'You were not connected because a duplicate name exists on the network. Go
to Sys
tem in Control Panel to change the computer name and try again.'

Thanks
RajiA
 
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