Laptop does not always recognise server

[John]

Mark Haney wrote:
> John wrote:
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>> Anyone else out there have any thoughts, PLEASE?
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> Meh.  I'll give it a shot.  I've tried to re-read the thread, but maybe 
> I'm missing something simple here.
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> Based on what you've said, it /looks/ like a DNS issue.  Am I right in 
> reading that you can get to the server /all the time/ by IP, but not 
> always by FQDN?
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>   
Put simply, Yes!