Remote desktop connection stuck at "Initiating Remote Connection"

[ojbulmer]

Quite bizarre. I am trying to access a PC on same network. I can access its drives from Windows Explorer. But when I try to access the same through remote desktop, it is stuck on "Initiating Remote Connection". Ping to the same PC through command prompt gives an error: Destination host unreachable. It was working yesterday so firewall options/permission for access and any services were working. Overnight something has changed.

 

[kanewolf]

Does the PC you are trying to access have a static IP address? If not then it could have gotten a different IP from DHCP.

 

[ojbulmer]

I realised that I can access the PC if I RD its ip address. But if I RD using its name, I get this error. Sorry for a noob question, but how do I check if that PC has static/dynamic address?

 

[kanewolf]

Bring up a DOS (cmd.exe) window on the PC to be accessed remotely. Type -- ipconfig /all | find "DHCP" -- in the cmd window. The quotes are important.... You should get one or more lines that say "DHCP Enabled" If they say Yes then you do not have a static IP address. But it sounds like a DNS (name resolution) problem rather than a DHCP (IP assignment) problem.
Doing a similar command -- ipconfig /all | find "DNS" -- can tell you what the IP address of the DNS server is. Usually either a Windows Server or a router.