duplicate name error

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aaron

I think this is more of a WINS problem but here goes. I have one machine on
the network that is periodically getting a "duplicate name exists blah,blah"
error. The machine name is very unique, the MAC is unique. When the user
gets this message and nbtstat -a "computer name" returns one of our jet
direct printers, If I continue to refresh the nbtstat command it will
eventually give me a different network printer name. I have checked all WINS
and DNS records, to see if there was a duplicate record. I have made sure
the printers did not have the same name anywhere in the config. I am at a
loss on this one.

Ping results in the correct machine name and IP
nslookup results in the correct machine name
nbtstat results in wrong name.

XP Pro workstation SP1
TCP/IP network
Printers running DLC and TCP/IP protocols.

Any suggestions?

TIA,

aaron
 
Hi Aaron. Thank-you for your post.

If you believe this is an issue with WINS records, you can use this tool to
check those records on your WINS servers:

830578 NBLookup.exe Command-Line Utility
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=830578

Nblookup works just like nslookup, but queries WINS servers. It will allow
you to determine if WINS has the wrong name to IP address mapping.

I hope that helps.

Tim Rains
Product Support Services
Microsoft Corporation

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