Gary Vassalotti wrote:
> Hi all,
>  
> Ok, this is not directly a backuppc problem, but I can't find an answer
> anywhere... My backuppc will not run because when it pings the other
> computers on the network it does not receive the correct ip for the
> netbios name.
>  
> For example, I have one machine named 'gary' with a static ip of
> 192.168.123.200 but if you ping 'gary' you get an address of
> 65.xxx.xxx.xxx (it is a verizon ip address, I believe, I did not copy
> the whole address here, that is not relavant).
>  
What happens if you ping the fully-qualified domain name?
ping gary.myprivatelan.net

-Rob
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