> I have 3 PCs on a small business workgroup - they are all windows xp
> 32 pro. We have a wireless internet gateway for internet access.
> We're all on the same workgroup - a simple 'home / small business'
> LAN.
>
> I am using a piece of software (www.spiceworks.com) which searches
> the LAN for PCs (it's looking for WMI information).  It searches a
> range for IP addresses for potential connections on the LAN (say
> 192.168.1.1-254).  For each one of these PCs found, it puts some WMI
> info into its database.  Simple concept.
> Except that my LAN has DHCP, so each PC would change the IP every so
> often. No problem - the software doesn't store PC info by IP address,
> but by hostname.
> However, I seem to be unable to get any form of nslookup working.
> Neither nslookup ip_address and nslookup host_name works - the console
> output is below.
> Anybody able to help me out here on how to start to solve this issue ?
> I presume that the issue is that I am not running any local DNS
> server, and the router isn't acting as one (unless RIP on my router
> is something that I should enable - whatever it is).
> Many thanks for any help out there.
>
> C:\>nslookup 192.168.1.1
> DNS request timed out.
>    timeout was 2 seconds.
> *** Can't find server name for address 192.168.1.254: Timed out
> *** Default servers are not available
> Server:  UnKnown
> Address:  192.168.1.254
>
> DNS request timed out.
>    timeout was 2 seconds.
> *** Request to UnKnown timed-out
>
> C:\>

"Kerry Brown" wrote:

> You are correct.  You would need a local dns server with your computers
> registering themselves with the server.
>
> --
> Kerry
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
> http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
>
>
>
> jrleighton wrote:
> > I have 3 PCs on a small business workgroup - they are all windows xp
> > 32 pro. We have a wireless internet gateway for internet access.
> > We're all on the same workgroup - a simple 'home / small business'
> > LAN.
> >
> > I am using a piece of software (www.spiceworks.com) which searches
> > the LAN for PCs (it's looking for WMI information).  It searches a
> > range for IP addresses for potential connections on the LAN (say
> > 192.168.1.1-254).  For each one of these PCs found, it puts some WMI
> > info into its database.  Simple concept.
> > Except that my LAN has DHCP, so each PC would change the IP every so
> > often. No problem - the software doesn't store PC info by IP address,
> > but by hostname.
> > However, I seem to be unable to get any form of nslookup working.
> > Neither nslookup ip_address and nslookup host_name works - the console
> > output is below.
> > Anybody able to help me out here on how to start to solve this issue ?
> > I presume that the issue is that I am not running any local DNS
> > server, and the router isn't acting as one (unless RIP on my router
> > is something that I should enable - whatever it is).
> > Many thanks for any help out there.
> >
> > C:\>nslookup 192.168.1.1
> > DNS request timed out.
> >    timeout was 2 seconds.
> > *** Can't find server name for address 192.168.1.254: Timed out
> > *** Default servers are not available
> > Server:  UnKnown
> > Address:  192.168.1.254
> >
> > DNS request timed out.
> >    timeout was 2 seconds.
> > *** Request to UnKnown timed-out
> >
> > C:\>
>
>
>

> You are correct.  You would need a local dns server with your
> computers registering themselves with the server.
>
>
> jrleighton wrote:
>> I have 3 PCs on a small business workgroup - they are all windows xp
>> 32 pro. We have a wireless internet gateway for internet access.
>> We're all on the same workgroup - a simple 'home / small business'
>> LAN.
>>
>> I am using a piece of software (www.spiceworks.com) which searches
>> the LAN for PCs (it's looking for WMI information).  It searches a
>> range for IP addresses for potential connections on the LAN (say
>> 192.168.1.1-254).  For each one of these PCs found, it puts some WMI
>> info into its database.  Simple concept.
>> Except that my LAN has DHCP, so each PC would change the IP every so
>> often. No problem - the software doesn't store PC info by IP address,
>> but by hostname.
>> However, I seem to be unable to get any form of nslookup working.
>> Neither nslookup ip_address and nslookup host_name works - the
>> console output is below.
>> Anybody able to help me out here on how to start to solve this issue
>> ? I presume that the issue is that I am not running any local DNS
>> server, and the router isn't acting as one (unless RIP on my router
>> is something that I should enable - whatever it is).
>> Many thanks for any help out there.
>>
>> C:\>nslookup 192.168.1.1
>> DNS request timed out.
>>    timeout was 2 seconds.
>> *** Can't find server name for address 192.168.1.254: Timed out
>> *** Default servers are not available
>> Server:  UnKnown
>> Address:  192.168.1.254
>>
>> DNS request timed out.
>>    timeout was 2 seconds.
>> *** Request to UnKnown timed-out
>>
>> C:\>

"jrleighton" <jrleigh***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9392627C-6666-4BD9-B364-5BF0C42C34B8@microsoft.com...
>I have 3 PCs on a small business workgroup - they are all windows xp 32
>pro.
> We have a wireless internet gateway for internet access.  We're all on the
> same workgroup - a simple 'home / small business' LAN.
>
> I am using a piece of software (www.spiceworks.com) which searches the LAN
> for PCs (it's looking for WMI information).  It searches a range for IP
> addresses for potential connections on the LAN (say 192.168.1.1-254).  For
> each one of these PCs found, it puts some WMI info into its database.
> Simple
> concept.
> Except that my LAN has DHCP, so each PC would change the IP every so
> often.
> No problem - the software doesn't store PC info by IP address, but by
> hostname.
> However, I seem to be unable to get any form of nslookup working.
> Neither nslookup ip_address and nslookup host_name works - the console
> output is below.
> Anybody able to help me out here on how to start to solve this issue ?
> I presume that the issue is that I am not running any local DNS server,
> and
> the router isn't acting as one (unless RIP on my router is something that
> I
> should enable - whatever it is).
> Many thanks for any help out there.
>
> C:\>nslookup 192.168.1.1
> DNS request timed out.
>    timeout was 2 seconds.
> *** Can't find server name for address 192.168.1.254: Timed out
> *** Default servers are not available
> Server:  UnKnown
> Address:  192.168.1.254
>
> DNS request timed out.
>    timeout was 2 seconds.
> *** Request to UnKnown timed-out
>
> C:\>
>