Re: Name resolution on Debian/Windows network

From: Monique Y. Herman (spam_at_bounceswoosh.org)
Date: 12/20/03

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Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 17:49:22 -0700

    On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 at 22:01 GMT, Jeffrey Barish penned:
    > I have 3 computers on my home network. The Windows machines are
    > connected to each other using ICS. I can ping one Windows machine
    > from another Windows machine simply by naming the destination:
    >
    > ping windowsB
    >
    > from machine windowsA will elicit a response. I can also ping my
    > Linux machine from a Windows machine by name:
    >
    > ping linuxA
    >
    > from machine windowsA will elicit a response. However, I cannot ping
    > one of the Windows machines by name from the Linux machine, only by IP
    > number. I get the message 'unknown host windowsA.' I am using DHCP
    > to assign IP numbers on the network, so it is important that I be able
    > to reach machines by name as the IP numbers change. I'm not even sure
    > where to start looking to resolve this problem, so any guidance would
    > be appreciated.

    I think this "pingability" comes from smb? On a windows machine, once
    you've accessed a machine using smb (windows file sharing), I believe
    the sharing name of the computer becomes accessible for network
    utilities.

    I could be totally wrong; this is just what I (believe I have) observed
    on a windows-and-linux network. 

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monique
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