DNS or WInS issue.

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Dan

I have a computer on the network that when i ping its IP i get different
name returned back. I check DNS and Wins and can not find this weird name
that its returning. Any suggestion.

Ex. I ping -a 192.168.10.1

I get Pinging weird1.domain.local [192.168.10.1] with 32 bytes of data:

the computer name of the machine is computer3.
 
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Dan said:
I have a computer on the network that when i ping its IP i get
different name returned back. I check DNS and Wins and can not find
this weird name that its returning. Any suggestion.

Ex. I ping -a 192.168.10.1

I get Pinging weird1.domain.local [192.168.10.1] with 32 bytes of
data:

the computer name of the machine is computer3.
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Does this happen from one machine or all machines? If only from one, check
your hosts or lmhosts files.

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Dan said:
I have a computer on the network that when i ping its IP
i get different name returned back. I check DNS and Wins
and can not find this weird name that its returning. Any
suggestion.

Ex. I ping -a 192.168.10.1

I get Pinging weird1.domain.local [192.168.10.1] with 32
bytes of data:

the computer name of the machine is computer3.
Click to expand...

It is getting weird1.domain.local from the reverse lookup zone, either
modify the existing PTR record or if two PTRs exist with two names delete
the PTR with the incorrect name.
 
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