Vista - Find a computer through it's ipaddress

01-18-2008

how do i find a computer? on xp i used to right click mey network then find
computer and enter the ipaddress. i need to do this because the computer is
on the other side of a vpn. seems overly difficult under vista. any help
would be much appreciated

01-18-2008

Sounds like you know the IP address of the taget computer, if so just do
this...

Start>Accessories> Run... type "\\ip.address" and press enter

or open any window and type \\ip.address in the address bar.

Doug

"marky2009" wrote:

Quote:

> how do i find a computer? on xp i used to right click mey network then find
> computer and enter the ipaddress. i need to do this because the computer is
> on the other side of a vpn. seems overly difficult under vista. any help
> would be much appreciated

01-25-2008

Thanks Doug, it did not work, must be some kind of vista/firewall issue.

this works fine on an xp pc. i resolved this by moving the vpn from the
internet router and then forward the vpn port to a sbs server, then setup the
vpn on the server.

weird, but thanks anyway.

"dschaef8" wrote:

Quote:

> Sounds like you know the IP address of the taget computer, if so just do
> this...
>
> Start>Accessories> Run... type "\\ip.address" and press enter
>
> or open any window and type \\ip.address in the address bar.
>
> Doug
>
> "marky2009" wrote:
>

Quote:

> > how do i find a computer? on xp i used to right click mey network then find
> > computer and enter the ipaddress. i need to do this because the computer is
> > on the other side of a vpn. seems overly difficult under vista. any help
> > would be much appreciated

01-18-2008	#1 (permalink)
marky2009 n/a posts	Find a computer through it's ipaddress how do i find a computer? on xp i used to right click mey network then find computer and enter the ipaddress. i need to do this because the computer is on the other side of a vpn. seems overly difficult under vista. any help would be much appreciated
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01-18-2008	#2 (permalink)
dschaef8 n/a posts	RE: Find a computer through it's ipaddress Sounds like you know the IP address of the taget computer, if so just do this... Start>Accessories> Run... type "\\ip.address" and press enter or open any window and type \\ip.address in the address bar. Doug "marky2009" wrote: Quote: > how do i find a computer? on xp i used to right click mey network then find > computer and enter the ipaddress. i need to do this because the computer is > on the other side of a vpn. seems overly difficult under vista. any help > would be much appreciated
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01-25-2008	#3 (permalink)
marky2009 n/a posts	RE: Find a computer through it's ipaddress Thanks Doug, it did not work, must be some kind of vista/firewall issue. this works fine on an xp pc. i resolved this by moving the vpn from the internet router and then forward the vpn port to a sbs server, then setup the vpn on the server. weird, but thanks anyway. "dschaef8" wrote: Quote: > Sounds like you know the IP address of the taget computer, if so just do > this... > > Start>Accessories> Run... type "\\ip.address" and press enter > > or open any window and type \\ip.address in the address bar. > > Doug > > "marky2009" wrote: > Quote: > > how do i find a computer? on xp i used to right click mey network then find > > computer and enter the ipaddress. i need to do this because the computer is > > on the other side of a vpn. seems overly difficult under vista. any help > > would be much appreciated
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