Network problems

[Colin Law]

On 27 December 2010 04:05, Bill Stanley <bstanle at wowway.com> wrote:
>
> Using computer two (the one
> that doesn't respond to a ping) I can get a response to a ping from
> computer one when I use the ip number (By the way, I am aware of the
> fact that its ip number, 192.168.1.100, is an internal ip number only).
>  Now when I tried pinging using its host-name I got an external
> computer.  Where this computer is I do not know but from its ip number
> is external to my home network.  I could have to come up with unique
> host-names but I don't want to complicate matters more than they now are.

When accessing machines on the local network you can use
computername.local as the host name.

Colin