Networking question

leejayd

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I have a wireless router what is wired to a desktop. I also access the router using a laptop over wi-fi.

Using the laptop (win7) I can remote desktop to the desktop using the desktop computer name. All good so far.

I installed a cat5 cable from the router to another room and in this other room I connected a hub to the Cat5. I then connected my TV & a Revo PC to the Hub. The network works well for all devices.

My problem is that from the laptop I can't connect to the Revo using remote desktop using the computer name assigned to the Revo. I can remote desktop to the Revo using it's IP address but this is dynamic. I'd rather use a fixed name.

What's the best way to do this? Windows 7 is on all devices (except my TV!)
 
I can't ping it by name or IP address. But I can remote desktop to the Revo using the IP address. This is very weird. It was already set to Home.

In the Network map from my laptop I can see the Revo. When I said it is connected by Hub I should have said Switch.

Likewise when on the Revo the network map shows the laptop.

Very strange. I would have though I could have pinged the Revo with it's IP address.

Any ideas?
 
add the revo name to your laptops HOSTS file:

C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

ie.

192.168.5.3 revo

(revo IP then revo PC name)

Then you'll be able to ping it. Chances are you don't have DNS or WINS setup correctly on the network but as it's a home network that's hardly a big deal if things are working :)

If you can then ping it but RDP to it then it'd suggest something rather odd is going on, I'd definately do what marc2003 suggested too.
 
If I add the IP address to the hosts file when it changes i.e. when the revo is re-booted the Hosts will be invalid.

I wonder if I can set my router to give the Revo a fixed IP. What do you reckon?
 
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