Can access server by IP but not by name

I am having a problem similar to the one here:http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/244382-cannot-access-file-server-by-name-but-can-by-ip?page=1When accessing a server by name, I receive"\\servername is not accessible. You may not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions.The target account name is incorrect"The thread I linked to above isold and I didn't want to try to tag onto the end of it.I have a group of servers all on a local subnet. There are two DCs and 12 member servers. The main data server is one of the DCs. After some reboots, over half of the servers can no longer access the data server by name \\SHSMASTER, but can access it fine by IP. Ping resolves the name properly.I've ruled out anything that's specific to one station, like DNS...
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