Computer name/IP address appears in Computer management

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As the title states really!

I have noticed that sometimes machines appear with their name and sometimes by IP on the domain controller from within computer management > sessions.

Just curious...

 

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mine show the computer name but not the IP address.

 

Hmmm, most odd.

On one of my DC's they show the FQDN as the computer connected, and on another they're shown by IP.

I wonder why that is?

 

Boyce,

Is it possible that the computers listed by IP are either Microsoft computers without a computer account in the domain or non-Microsoft computers?

 

Hi,

Thanks for the replies. No, all computers are part of the domain and run MS operating systems.

 

DNS or WINS/master browser issues? Just a guess...