[X4U] 3 network questions

[Colt Freeman]

I¹m not sure, I¹m assuming there should be an internal DNS machine since we
are a large college campus, but I don¹t know for sure...
Thanks,
-Colt


On 12/1/05 2:06 PM, "Philip J Robar" <pjrobar at areyoureallythatstupid.org>
wrote:

> 
> On Dec 1, 2005, at 8:55 AM, Colt Freeman wrote:
> 
>>  Question 1, I have an http server at my school that windows users can get to
>>  by typing, http://yourmomatlu I however had to ping it and use 10.13.16.24
>>  
>>  Because his file server is in asp I can't navigate to most of it nor
>>  download anything due to the ASP code is prefexed by yourmomatlu is there
>>  anyway around this?
>>  
>>  Question 2, on a windows box I can ping servers called, one, two, and others
>>  just by typing 'ping one' in the command window. (They are internal servers)
>>  How do I do this on Mac?
>>  
>>  Question 3, How do I access my own computer from another one on campus, for
>>  some reason when I go into sharing in system prefs click personal file
>>  sharing it tells me that I can access my computer at afp://jamielaptop/ My
>>  computer name is Ideal, no where is jamielaptop entered in my computer. So
>>  I'm assuming that I'm getting an IP from some other students computer, What
>>  am I doing wrong? Is there a way to easily get to my computer from windows
>>  AND mac boxes from around the campus?
> 
> The answers from Colt and Charles are correct, but there may be a better
> answer. Are you on a network using private or public addresses. Is there an
> internal DNS machine for the network?
>  
> 
> Phil
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