Windows 7 IP Address Resolution

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#1

Hello all,

I have a question regarding how and where Windows 7 stores the relationship between IP addresses and NetBIOS names.

Situation - I have a Windows Home Server that used to have an internal IP of 192.168.1.6. I would RDP into the Server using it’s NetBIOS name (i.e. MyServer).

However, I have since updated the way my router’s DHCP issues IP addresses, and my server now has an IP address of 192.168.1.55. If I try to RDP to the NetBIOS name (MyServer) the RDP times out, but it’s fine if I RDP to the IP address. Likewise, if I try to ping MyServer, MY computer’s IP address (192.168.1.52) responds, saying the destination (192.168.1.6) is unreachable. Yet, if I do a ping -A 192.168.1.55, “MyServer.home” responds. And if I run nbtstat -A 192.168.1.55, MyServer responds as well.

Can I reset the IP-to-NetBIOS cache? I tried to Google such a thing, but most of the results have to do with flushing the DNS cache, or mundane things like manually configuring an IP address.

I’d appreciate any helpful tips :smiley:

Edit: 2 seconds after posting this, I found this article, which may help - I’ll report back if not, and/or to check on other people’s advice :slight_smile:

Edit #2: Yup, skimmed article, tried nbtstat -R, restarted, no dice. Still open to advice :slight_smile:

#2

Even after all those years, i must admit, network/internets I HATE configuring with a passion.

#3

Yeah. I agree. Waaaayyy too many hoops to jump through (7 layers, multiple protocols, loads of hardware, WINS, DNS, DHCP, firewalls, etc.) on a network designed by the US military in the 1960s, currently supporting x-million devices. What a nightmare.

Sooo… any ideas? :smiley:

Nice avatar by the way - can’t wait for Crysis 2 to come out.

#4

did you try to flush DNS cache? I don’t know much about Windows server I’ve only used Apache and VNC

#5

Yeah my its from my friend, she likes to draw ALOT of characters.

I did some shop on it.

#6

@Sersoft, it’s not really specific to Windows Home Server. The issue is with Windows 7, or, I suppose, with Windows in general. I did try flushing the DNS cache, as well as the nbtstat cache - still no luck.

@Mango - that’s a drawing? Holy cripes, well done to your friend haha.

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