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Networking 2 computers W same name
Name: jakman Date: March 1, 2006 at 20:54:03 Pacific OS: xp/2000 CPU/Ram: 1gb Product: Dell
Comment:
I have 2 systems that are set up to work with specialty software and they both have the same computer name. i cannot change the computer name because the software will not work. I want to be able to have a 3RD computer talking to both systems. it is nessecery that the two system with the same name communicate.
Name: jakman Date: March 1, 2006 at 20:55:52 Pacific
Reply:
I meant: it is NOT! nessecery that the two system with the same name communicate.
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Response Number 2
Name: najitech Date: March 2, 2006 at 05:28:26 Pacific
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What kind of software requires that two PCs on your network have the same name? This will lead to other issues, although Windows 2000 and XP are more concerned about IP addresses than computer names.
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Response Number 3
Name: wanderer Date: March 2, 2006 at 13:02:02 Pacific
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The answer is NO you can not have two computers with the same netbios name on the same network. This is just like having two pcs with the same ip address. Both get disabled.
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Response Number 4
Name: OrionCA Date: March 3, 2006 at 15:52:35 Pacific
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Not impossible, just a little more complicated. You can't have 2 PCs with the same name on the same network but you can put them in different networks and use XP's built-in ability to bridge the networks in a 3rd computer. Requires 2 physical network connections in the 3rd PC (2 NICs, 1 NIC and direct PC-to-PC cable, 1 USB and 1 Ethernet, etc.) and some tweaking via the Network Connections folder:
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