Cant ping hostname Oct 30, 2012 · If you try to ping a hostname without a route for it, the command returns "Ping request could not find host", instead of showing failure pinging the IP address of the host. I don't want to edit all my LAN windows hosts's file (+40 pcs) and add the entry. I can ping the devices IP, but not by hostname. The reason ping can't resolve the hostname but nslookup can is because nslookup a low-level tool that bypasses the Windows DNS client. 111. Jul 20, 2016 · I setup 2 centos7 machines(A & B) with hostname and static ip address. A/ What I have done: A. I goto the network folder, type \\Hostname, it cannot access. Jul 7, 2020 · On a Ubuntu 16. Any ideas? Apr 17, 2023 · Hi, We seen lot of the machine in different site have issue where they cant access any of the shares or logon to any servers I can ping the DNS/AD with IP addres but I cant do it with hostname I can access shared with IP address but cant with hostname I have tried following. ksrhppmpieyafjvvtdaakmntrmohpkewysknoezsoxmpfxdzqojoslkajzjfunyxdjchvrimranh