Ping works Windows <-> Windows but not Mac ->Windows

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  1. imok

    imok Junior Member

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    I cannot ping the P/Windows XP from the Mac side by using computer name. Only IP pinging works.

    I have installed Parallels/Windows XP on Snow Leopard Mac OS X server. I enabled WINS server on the Mac Server and also set the static IP on the P/Windows XP and set the WINS to point back to the Mac Server.

    All IP address pinging works perfect between Mac < -- > Windows and even Windows <-->Windows. Also all Pinging between P/Windows <--> Windows using computer names works.

    However I cannot Ping Mac --> P/Windows using computer names. just using IP.

    From Mac terminal:
    admin$ ping winxp1.local <-- Ping: cannot resolve winxp1.local: Unknown host
    admin$ ping 192.168.1.42 <-- Show the packet speed info.

    From another Windows computer
    c:> ping winxp1.local <- works as expect

    Here is the winxp1.local ipconfig
    C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>ipconfig /all

    Windows IP Configuration

    Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : winxp1
    Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : local
    Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
    IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
    WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
    DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : local

    Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Parallels Ethernet Adapter #2
    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1C-42-ED-8D-93
    Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
    IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.42
    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
    DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.41
    Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.41

    C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>



    I have SMB and DNS services running on the Mac OS X Server.

    Any help please?

    Thanks
     

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