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   XPost: comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip   
   From: no.spam@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 2009-08-12, S Claus  wrote:   
   > Hi all,   
   >   
   > here is a perhaps dumb question about hostnames on a company network.   
   >   
   > At this place where I work we have servers that can be pinged using:   
   >   
   > ping SMTAPPU01   
      
   SMTAPPU01 is the windows name   
      
   > ...yet the ping starts with the statement:   
   > Pinging ldncsr0988.intra... [nn.nnn.n.n]   
   >   
   > And I can also using:   
   >   
   > ping ldncsr0988   
      
   ldncsr0988.intra... is the DNS name of the same machine   
      
   > which gives the same reply.   
   >   
   > My question about this is, is it NAT that is used to have a server   
   > have two hostnames?   
      
   Nope. It is that windows networks do not use DNS as their native name   
   resolution system.   
      
   > And another question is what is the benefit of this? Is there any   
   > benefit other than being able to use more than one hostname?   
      
   M$ machines may be used in IP networks. Remember Bill Gates saying   
   something like "the internet is just a intermediate thing" or   
   something like this ... Correct me.   
      
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