Net use with hostname fails, IP address works fine

Posted: 03-04-2008, 12:12 PM

Luc Kumps

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Vista Business standalone machine
Share named "SHAR" is defined
IP address of machine = 192.168.2.132
Name of computer=USERPC

HOSTS file contains
192.168.2.132 bsserver

These commands work:
net use L: \\localhost\SHAR
net use L: \\192.168.2.132\SHAR

This command fails (after prompting for the user/password):
net use L: \\bsserver\SHAR
System error 86
The specified network password is not correct

The same experiment on Windows XP yields "Error 1326 - unknown user name of
bad password"...
In both cases I can ping bsserver, so name resolution works.

Any ideas?

TIA,

Luc K

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Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)

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Re: Net use with hostname fails, IP address works fine

Posted: 03-04-2008, 02:31 PM

\\localhost\SHAR and \\bsserver\SHAR are different if you do these command
in a remote computer. Post back back with the result of this command ping -a
192.168.2.132.

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"Luc Kumps" <NOkumpsSPAM@telenet.be> wrote in message
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> Vista Business standalone machine
> Share named "SHAR" is defined
> IP address of machine = 192.168.2.132
> Name of computer=USERPC
>
> HOSTS file contains
> 192.168.2.132 bsserver
>
> These commands work:
> net use L: \\localhost\SHAR
> net use L: \\192.168.2.132\SHAR
>
> This command fails (after prompting for the user/password):
> net use L: \\bsserver\SHAR
> System error 86
> The specified network password is not correct
>
> The same experiment on Windows XP yields "Error 1326 - unknown user name
> of bad password"...
> In both cases I can ping bsserver, so name resolution works.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> TIA,
>
> Luc K
>

Luc Kumps

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Re: Net use with hostname fails, IP address works fine

Posted: 03-04-2008, 02:44 PM

Thanks for your assistance!

> \\localhost\SHAR and \\bsserver\SHAR are different if you do these command
> in a remote computer.

I don't do it on a remote computer, I do it LOCALLY.
The IP adress of the computer on which I'm doing this is 192.168.2.132,
which is defined to correspond with BSSERVER in the HOSTS file.

> Post back back with the result of this command ping -a 192.168.2.132.

It says
Pinging bsserver" [192.168.2.132] with 32 bytes of data:"

As no network traffic is involved (I'm doing this on a *single* machine),
response time is <1ms.

Are you able to connect to a share on your LOCAL computer, using a host name
which is NOT the Computer Name, but which was defined in HOSTS to correspond
to the IP address of the local system?

Luc K

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