server name vrs IP address

[Glen Tupling]

On the client you can try this..at the command prompt type ipconfig 
/flushdns and press enter, when that is finished, type ipconfig /registerdns 
this will return a message that the event viewer will record 'something' in 
15 minutes (I can't remember the exact message) If that doesn't fix it, then 
you will have to get your system administrator to check the forward and 
reverse lookup zones in your dns server and correct them to reflect the new 
computer name.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Seak, Teng-Fong" <lapsap7+vnc "at" gmail.com>
To: <vnc-list "at" realvnc.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 11:02 AM
Subject: Re: server name vrs IP address


> On Jan 17, 2008 4:50 PM, Nelson, Daniel C. <DCNelson "at" louisvil.gannett.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I've renamed my IBM Lenovo using SID
>
>
>     By curiosity, how did you do that?
>
>
>> Now I'm unable to connect any VNC viewer to this Lenovo setup as VNC
>> server
>> using the computer name
>> The IP address works just fine.
>> I've tried server name along with the domain and it just doesn't connect.
>>
>> Does anyone know how to reset VNC's naming?
>
>
>     VNC doesn't depend on its name to work.  The name is only necessary 
> for
> your DNS to resolve it.  You've got to see by what name your PC is 
> recorded
> in the DNS.  From your VNC client PC, do a ping to server PC using the
> name.  This should have no reply.  But if you ping the IP address, you
> should have reply.
>
>
>> I've tried uninstall, reboot, and re-install.  That didn't work.
>>
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