How to connect to local computer by computer name?

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Roudin2020-02-10 21:41:30

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Roudin, 2020-02-10 21:41:30

For example, I do not see a computer on the network that has a shared printer. The network consists of a router, the main computer to which the printer is connected, and other computers that are connected to the router. How can I connect to a computer if I know the name of the computer? I forgot really how it's done, as if it's gone wrong.
Something like //WIN-COMPUTERNAME needs to be added somewhere...

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Ronald McDonald, 2020-02-10
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\\computername\

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Serg4400, 2020-02-12
@Serg4400

Fully agree with previous speaker. But I would recommend using ip - \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx\, solely because strange things can happen on win-nets with names. Starting with the fact that the names will be init in 2-3 minutes after loading and ending with the fact that, in principle, they will not be found. With ip, this usually does not happen.