I did some experimenting with name resolution on Windows systems at one
time. I believe we decided that a Windows system used (in this order):
1) \winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file
2) netbios broadcasts
3) DNS
4) \winnt\system32\drivers\etc\lmhosts file
We used the "Disable NetBios over TCP/IP" box from the interface config
application to ensure that DNS was used (the hosts file simply had an
entry for itself). Otherwise, all sorts of names kept popping up,
courtesy of Netbios.
Cheers,
Jane
Brian Kraftchick wrote:
Below is what I'm receiving in the trapd.log when I (purposefully for
testing) stop and restart the SNMP service on my WIN2K laptop so that
it generates a cold start trap. Does anybody know what populates the
"Node" field....here it has TIVOLILAB....but to my knowledge I haven't
specified that anywhere within that laptop. SECONDLY..and more
importantly what does the question mark mean? I haven't yet gained a
knowledge of how to interpret the ?, N, etc. What is what in this column?
Thanks as always !
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