Hi!

There is a "hosts" file in the system32/drivers/etc folder on each computer. IP addresses of computers like "michael" could be described there. Also, as far as I know, "michael" could be described in local DSN database in DSN service, if you have such on your server. This way browsers will know IP address by name automatically using DSN services. THe last thing is good for large LAN.

>Hi,
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>I installed IIS 5.0 in my computer having a Windows2000 OS. I tried to browse for for the default sites with my computer name (http://michael/iisstart.asp) and it worked fine. I tried the same address on a different computer and it did not display the iisstart.asp or index.htm. What I did is I replaced my name with my IP address like this (http://192.166.0.2/iistart.asp) and it display the page.
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>What seems to be the problem?
>Do you have an idea?
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>Thanks in advance.
>mike