Cannot Access Server Using NetBIOS Name or IP Address
Article ID: 159770
Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
This article was previously published under Q159770
SYMPTOMS
If you use an IP address to establish a session with a server, and then
use the server's NetBIOS name to attempt to access the server, you receive
the following error message:
Access is denied.
For example, if you use the following command to establish a session with
a server:
net use \\<###.###.###.###>\ipc$ /u:<domain name>\<user name>
where <###.###.###.###> is the server's IP address, and then attempt to
access the server using its NetBIOS name, you receive the error message.
NOTE: This problem also occurs if you establish a session with a server
using the server's NetBIOS name and then attempt to access the server
using its IP address.
CAUSE
The redirector does not recognize that the IP address and the NetBIOS name
denote the same computer.
RESOLUTION
Use either the IP address or the NetBIOS name to establish a session with
and access the server.
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