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duplicate name exist error
Name: anwaradil Date: March 30, 2005 at 01:17:50 Pacific OS: windows 2000 CPU/Ram: p4 1 giga ram
Comment:
i hav installed windows 2003 server this server will be used as a d.c , fileserver and dns server. i hav also installed two lancards. and assigned 2 ip addresses one for file server access and other one for dc and mapped names with ip address in dns server. wen i try to browse with the name it gives error dublicate name exist .although i can browse with ip address
Name: Curt R Date: March 30, 2005 at 04:13:28 Pacific
Reply:
If you have two separate NIC's configured for the same network (with different IP's) then you'll get this error as they are both on the same subnet and that creates a duplicate name. You don't need separate NIC's for file server access and another for mapped names (not even sure what you're trying to accomplish here). One NIC will do both jobs and one is all you should be using.
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