Server 2003 not seen by Vista

I am using setting up a new network using Server 2003 R2 (workgroup not
Domain yet) on a Asus P5K3 delux motherboard which has wireless router built
in. It accesses the internet with a DSL connection and the wireless network
is working fine using Internet Connection sharing. On a lenovo 3000 N100 I am
running Vista Ultimate. The notebook connects to the internet just fine over
the wireless connection and I have made the connection private. I can see
the shares on the notebook from the 2003 box just fine, but I can’t see the
shares on the 2003 box on the notebook. I can ping the server by either IP
address or computer name from the notebook. I can connect to the shares, on
the server, using the IP address but not the computer name. If I try using
the computer name I get some funcky message about not being able to resolve
the DNS entry. I can create an entry in the HOSTS file on the notebook and
then connect via computer name and finally see the server I�Network� . Why
can I ping but not see the computer in “Network� and connect to the shares
via computer name with out the HOSTS file modification?

We need more information help. Any errors when using nslookup? Can you post
back with ping -a server ip and ping the servername?

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"piscivorous" <piscivorous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I am using setting up a new network using Server 2003 R2 (workgroup not
> Domain yet) on a Asus P5K3 delux motherboard which has wireless router
> built
> in. It accesses the internet with a DSL connection and the wireless
> network
> is working fine using Internet Connection sharing. On a lenovo 3000 N100 I
> am
> running Vista Ultimate. The notebook connects to the internet just fine
> over
> the wireless connection and I have made the connection private. I can see
> the shares on the notebook from the 2003 box just fine, but I can’t see
> the
> shares on the 2003 box on the notebook. I can ping the server by either IP
> address or computer name from the notebook. I can connect to the shares,
> on
> the server, using the IP address but not the computer name. If I try
> using
> the computer name I get some funcky message about not being able to
> resolve
> the DNS entry. I can create an entry in the HOSTS file on the notebook and
> then connect via computer name and finally see the server I�Network� . Why
> can I ping but not see the computer in “Network� and connect to the shares
> via computer name with out the HOSTS file modification?