Technically, how does a workstation communicate with a server?

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Hi all,
Just wondering if anyone know what location services are used on a windows
workstation and in what order, to map to a server share?

Does the workstation first use netbios, then dns, then hosts, then a DS?
That's what I'm referring to as I'd like to know why I can't map to my server
name but I can to the servers IP Address..... excluding the obvious DNS
issues, Hostfile attempts etc... that means even if I can resolve the
servername with a ping, using DNS or host files...

Hence I'd like to find out how a workstation maps to a server and which
network service providers are used and in which order.

Thanks in advance for your adivse.

Cheers,
Fernando
 
Hi all,
Just wondering if anyone know what location services are used on a
windows workstation and in what order, to map to a server share?

Does the workstation first use netbios, then dns, then hosts, then
a DS? That's what I'm referring to as I'd like to know why I can't
map to my server name but I can to the servers IP Address.....
excluding the obvious DNS issues, Hostfile attempts etc... that
means even if I can resolve the servername with a ping, using DNS
or host files...
Click to expand...

"NetBIOS over TCP/IP"
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/itsolutions/network/evaluate/technol/tcpipfund/tcpipfund_ch11.mspx>

HTH,
John
 
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