Re: Bug in Graphical Network Configuration???

Hi Deepak,

I think you have misunderstood what Tim explained: what you did above
would work for the computer with hostname "zeenet", i.e., on "zeenet",
if I did a "ping zeenet" it would return a reply. If I went to another
computer, say it was called "whynet", and I did "ping zeenet", I would
get no replies.

Changing the hostname in /etc/hosts is similar to changing your real
name in real life and not telling anyone else about it. Say, you changed
your name to Tom, but told nobody on this list -- if you shouted
"Tom",you'd know it's yourself, but nobody on this list would know that.
They'd still think you're called Deepak.

DNS is like the identity card registry (if your country issues identity
cards), or the Department of Motor Vehicles in the US. If you are
registered with the identity card registry as "Deepak", then everyone
would call you Deepak, and they can reach you at the address that is
registered to Deepak.But you need to be registered at the registry
first. If you called yourself Tom, but registered yourself as Deepak,
then people will continue to call you Deepak and send letters to the
address registered under Deepak.

So, if you want other computers to find your computer named "zeenet",
then you would need a DNS server that had the entry for "zeenet" inside
it.

Now, for NetBIOS, it is the equivalent of you shouting in a room:" call
me Tom ! Call me Tom!" at regular intervals. If the party host is in the
room, he will note down your name and say to everyone: "everybody, this
is Tom." Even if your name was/is Deepak, everybody would say:"hello,
Tom"

I think the equivalent of that in Samba is to put the NetBIOS name into
your Samba config, but others more knowledgeable may know of another
way.

Confused yet? Well, that's the best analogy I can think of. If you want
a really detailed explanation, try the following:

DNS and BIND, 5th Edition, by Cricket Liu and Paul Albitz

A really good explanation of how NetBIOS works was in a book on NT4
administration which I read many years ago (1997, I think). I forget the
name now.

Hope this helps!


Hi Chong,

Thanks for clearing me out. I guess we misunderstood each other. I was
emphasizing on Samba while Tim emphasized on the DNS.

Thanks Tim and Chong for your patience with me. :-)

Good day!

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