Thanks for your post, Aaron. I was hit by the same thing - it was getting frustrating not being able to use machine names after getting home from PDC. Simple name resolution was simply not working.
If anyone else is having this problem, run ipconfig /all and check your Node Type. Mine was flipped to something like “Peer to Peer“. The following registry entry (followed by a reboot - bleh) switched it to Broadcast and made things work again. I've not spent much time studying the name resolution protocol that MS uses, but I know I don't have a WINS server at home, so I guess Broadcast makes the most sense for me (if you know better, please post a comment here :-)
Here's the registry key you need to tweak, assuming you're running XP:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\Parameters
Add a DWORD named value called NodeType and set it's value to 1. Reboot and check your node type again - it should be Broadcast, and name resolution should start working again for you.
For more info on this registry key, see kb article number 160177.
Thanks again, Aaron :-)
Posted
Sep 20 2005, 10:26 AM
by
keith-brown