Weird DNS Issue? [moved from XP]

pertheusual · 05-12-2007, 01:24 PM

Ok, so I've never seen a problem like this before.

So, my laptop is set up to synchronize a group of folders over the network from my desktop. It worked fine for several month with no issues what so ever.

If I type in //Desktop from my laptop, I am only able to see the offline files. Usually this only happens when you aren't connected to the network. So I thought maybe the connection was being weird.

But, If I type in //DesktopIP, all of the correct, folders show up also, like they are supposed to. So, I thought, maybe the DNS wasn't working, but if I ping the Desktop's Name, I get back the IP correctly.

I have no clue what would cause it to resolve the correct IP but not be able to connect properly.

Even though I can connect using the IP, I am unable to synchronize at all. The only resolution I see if setting up the synchronization to ip instead of DNS name, but then I would have to resync all of my files.

Any suggestions?

pertheusual · 05-12-2007, 04:55 PM

Oo I did the strokes backwards in my example, but you get the idea.

05-12-2007, 01:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
pertheusual Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 23 OS: XP	Weird DNS Issue? [moved from XP] Ok, so I've never seen a problem like this before. So, my laptop is set up to synchronize a group of folders over the network from my desktop. It worked fine for several month with no issues what so ever. If I type in //Desktop from my laptop, I am only able to see the offline files. Usually this only happens when you aren't connected to the network. So I thought maybe the connection was being weird. But, If I type in //DesktopIP, all of the correct, folders show up also, like they are supposed to. So, I thought, maybe the DNS wasn't working, but if I ping the Desktop's Name, I get back the IP correctly. I have no clue what would cause it to resolve the correct IP but not be able to connect properly. Even though I can connect using the IP, I am unable to synchronize at all. The only resolution I see if setting up the synchronization to ip instead of DNS name, but then I would have to resync all of my files. Any suggestions?

05-12-2007, 04:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
pertheusual Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 23 OS: XP	Re: Weird DNS Issue? Oo I did the strokes backwards in my example, but you get the idea.