RE: IBM i Windows network name -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: RE: IBM i Windows network name
From: Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2022 18:22:24 +0000
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Any number of possibilities:
1 - Your pc administrators get confused over where the host table should be based on various flavors of Windows.
2 - That WINS thingy previously mentioned.

If you do
nslookup qddmserver

From what server did it get the address and what address did it return?

Rob Berendt

Follow-Ups:

RE: IBM i Windows network name , Tom Hightower

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