It's the real, honest to goodness name. Here's a sample cmd output, with the real IP address this time ;-) M:\temp>con2prt /c \\newservices\itlj8150 <file://\\newservices\itlj8150> Failed to connect to Windows NT printer: \\newservices\itlj8150 <file://\\newservices\itlj8150> . Please check to see that the printer exists. M:\temp>ping newservices Pinging newservices.nww-tr.wales.nhs.uk [134.13.17.50] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 134.13.17.50: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128 Reply from 134.13.17.50: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128 Reply from 134.13.17.50: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128 Reply from 134.13.17.50: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128 M:\temp>con2prt /c \\134.13.17.50\itlj8150 <file://\\134.13.17.50\itlj8150> Connected to printer: \\134.13.17.50\itlj8150 <file://\\134.13.17.50\itlj8150> . M:\temp> Angus -----Original Message----- From: Braebaum, Neil [mailto:Neil.Braebaum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 17 December 2003 11:58 To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Re: Con2prt cannot resolve a server name Just so I'm fully understanding this - bear with me! servername is the true netbios name for the machine, isn't it? It's not an alias or anything like that? Neil -----Original Message----- From: Angus Macdonald [mailto:Angus.Macdonald@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 17 December 2003 11:36 To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Re: Con2prt cannot resolve a server name PIng works fine Net View \\servername <file://\\servername> works fine. All of these are from the same command-prompt session and con2prt. It's slightly odd. -----Original Message----- From: Braebaum, Neil [mailto:Neil.Braebaum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 17 December 2003 11:09 To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Re: Con2prt cannot resolve a server name You can ping the servername happily, yes? What happens when you do a net view \\servername <file://\\servername> ? Neil -----Original Message----- From: Angus Macdonald [mailto:Angus.Macdonald@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 17 December 2003 11:03 To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Re: Con2prt cannot resolve a server name Queuename is the share name. Con2prt will happily map to \\134.13.17.59\itlj8150$ <file://\\134.13.17.59\itlj8150$> (not the real IP address) but chokes on \\newservices\itlj8150$ <file://\\newservices\itlj8150$> . Since I only have TCP/IP on the servers, it seems odd that I can ping the servername but not connect using con2prt. -----Original Message----- From: Braebaum, Neil [mailto:Neil.Braebaum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 17 December 2003 10:53 To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Re: Con2prt cannot resolve a server name On the surface, sounds like a netbios name resolution issue - ie you can't map using the name, but can explicitly with the IP address. Just out of interest, is there any difference between the queuename and the actual printername? Neil -----Original Message----- From: Angus Macdonald [mailto:Angus.Macdonald@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 17 December 2003 10:50 To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Con2prt cannot resolve a server name I don't remember suffering from this before and I've used con2prt since Noah was a lad. Con2prt cannot connect to \\servername\queuename <file://\\servername\queuename> but will happily connect to \\ipaddress\queuename <file://\\ipaddress\queuename> . I can ping the servername from the same command prompt with no problems. This is on NT4TSE. Has anyone else met and conquered this? It's not a big issue but I'd like to know why it doesn't work. Regards Angus PS In case anyone was wondering, the only big change in Shelaunch 2.1a is the facility to launch certain old 16/32 bit apps that fail to read command-line parameters correctly when launched by the normal method with spaces in the path. If you don't meet that particular issue, you won't need v2.1a *********************************************** This e-mail and its attachments are confidential and are intended for the above named recipient only. If this has come to you in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this e-mail from your system. You must take no action based on this, nor must you copy or disclose it or any part of its contents to any person or organisation. Statements and opinions contained in this email may not necessarily represent those of Littlewoods. Please note that e-mail communications may be monitored. The registered office of Littlewoods Limited and its subsidiaries is 100 Old Hall Street, Liverpool, L70 1AB. Registered number of Littlewoods Limited is 262152. ************************************************