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When I view the attached devices for my netgear wireless router it shows the ip addresses and the device names. I can ping a computer on the network by the ip address but when I ping by device name it resolves to the wrong ip address. Is this name lookup performed by the router? If so, why is it resolving to a different ip address
It's very likely that a DNS query is occuring, and yes a Netgear router will forward the query to a real DNS server. nslookup should give you more details.
If the device you are trying to ping is a Windows machine, then you can try appending \\ to the device name to access it (e.g. \\mypc).
If the device is a Mac, then appending .local may work (e.g. mypc.local). This will utilize mDNS to perform a local query. A Windows machine with either Bonjour or iTunes installed will also respond to mDNS queries.
It's very likely that a DNS query is occuring, and yes a Netgear router will forward the query to a real DNS server. nslookup should give you more details.
If the device you are trying to ping is a Windows machine, then you can try appending \\ to the device name to access it (e.g. \\mypc).
If the device is a Mac, then appending .local may work (e.g. mypc.local). This will utilize mDNS to perform a local query. A Windows machine with either Bonjour or iTunes installed will also respond to mDNS queries.
