Hi,
I’m currently setting up a test Notes environment for trying out sametime amoungst other things and I’m banding my head against a wall with 2 problems.
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Once the server is installed with a servername/net address of domino1 why can’t I ping domino1 from a desktop (no notes installed)
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If I set the server name to be domino1/ho/uk/test server the admin account is created as Admin/test server and not admin/ho/uk/test server why?
I don’t want to edit the host file to get round any problems but when I set the client up and enter the name Admin then the full server name it always comes up with the dialog box for further server connection information. Should it always need this?
For the time being I’m havig to just use domino1/test server and the host file but this isn’t what I want going forward. I am scheduled to go on all the Domino6 admin courses shortly but was hoping to get a heads up before then, worse case is I’ll have a big list of questions for the instructor 
Subject: New server naming problem
Hi,
The ping problem is connected with TCPIP configuration. When TCPIP is right configured, you will have solved the problem with notes.
To solve the problem with TCPIP and NOT editing hosts file, ask your network administrator to ADD an ALIAS domino1 to the machine you’ve installed the domino server. Then you will be able to ping the server. I just want to explain, that this is not a domino/notes problem, but network. IF you just need the test server for a while, you can use the hosts file for test environment, and when you put this system to work, just give the ALIAS.
As another option, you can add a connection document on your notes client. It will work, and, again, just for test purposes, use the hosts file, it’s perfect for tests and similar to DNS configuration.
HTH,
Daniel
Subject: RE: New server naming problem
Cheers, I’ll check out this ALIAS. Not heard of that one before, is it usually used for a Notes install or is there another way to achieve this?