registering sql server problem

Trying to register a sql server in enterprise manager and
the server is on another domain which is trusted. The
server doesn't show up in the 'available servers' list
but I can register with ip address but *not* if I use
Client Network utility with exactly the correct netbios
name. Any ideas? Thanks.If the server isn't appearing in the list of available servers, chances are
that you need to add the IP address and server name to your hosts file. In
Win2k, the hosts file is located in c:\winnt\system32\driver\etc.
Open the hosts file in notepad, go to the end of the file, enter the IP
address, tab once and add the server name as follows:
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx <tab> servername
John
"Dave Wilce" wrote:

> Trying to register a sql server in enterprise manager and
> the server is on another domain which is trusted. The
> server doesn't show up in the 'available servers' list
> but I can register with ip address but *not* if I use
> Client Network utility with exactly the correct netbios
> name. Any ideas? Thanks.
>|||We have tried 3 things :-
Using the Client Network utility does make the server
show up in the list but it will not register.
Using IP address it will allow registration but we hit
problems later (and we think it's because we use IP
address rather than NETBios name.
Using host file doesn't help...|||"Dave Wilce" wrote:

> We have tried 3 things :-
> Using the Client Network utility does make the server
> show up in the list but it will not register.
> Using IP address it will allow registration but we hit
> problems later (and we think it's because we use IP
> address rather than NETBios name.
> Using host file doesn't help...
Thinking out loud here...
Are you going through a firewall? Are you using the default port in the
Client Network utility (1433), and is the firewall open to that port? Can
you ping the other server using the server name? Can you have the your
network people make sure the server is listed in their DNS database correctl
y?
John