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Can ping guest by ip, but not by name

Posted: 10. Aug 2009, 01:14
by jerrycurl
I am running VB 3.0.4 on an XP host. Guest OS is Ubuntu. I am using the bridged network adapter. From the guest, I am able to ping the host (and the other computer on the network) by name. From the host (and the other computer on the network), I am able to ping the guest by IP only. Trying to ping by name results in "Ping request could not find host". What am I doing wrong? Thanks.

Re: Can ping guest by ip, but not by name

Posted: 10. Aug 2009, 01:26
by Perryg
DNS issue.
Put the Ubuntu ip address and friendly name in the windows hosts file.