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can anyone explain this? the client machine is XP SP2, and the server is win2k3 SP1. below is all from the XP client. theres a share called RemoteDrive on the server I'm trying to reach.

# shows terminalserver.company.com resolves fine
C:\>nslookup terminalserver.company.com
Name: terminalserver.company.com
Address: 127.0.0.100

# shows share.company.com resolves fine
C:\>nslookup share.company.com
Name: share.company.com
Address: 127.0.0.100

# can browse share via the IP address fine
C:\>start \\127.0.0.100\RemoteDrive

# can browse share via the domain name terminalserver.company.com fine
C:\>start \\terminalserver.company.com\RemoteDrive

# CANNOT browse share via the domain name share.company.com????
C:\>start \\share.company.com\RemoteDrive
The system cannot find the file \\share.company.com\RemoteDrive.

the win2k3 server's "computer name" is "terminalserver" and the full computer name is "terminalserver." if this matters.

Why does one domain name work fine but the other doesn't? why doesn't share.company.com work??? the server for some reason cares how the client got there, and "share" doesn't match "terminalserver"? where can I turn this check off?

Note 127.0.0.100 is just a loopback for an SSH VPN tunnel. it could be anything

Iphone

Try it with this:
Connecting to SMB share on a Windows 2000-based computer or a Windows Server 2003-based computer may not work with an alias name
Connecting to SMB share on a Windows 2000-based computer or a Windows Server 2003-based computer may not work with an alias name