Re: Home network and domain

From: Rod Smith (rodsmith_at_nessus.rodsbooks.com)
Date: 04/05/04

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    In article <jwvad1rbfyf.fsf-monnier+comp.os.linux.networking@asado.iro.umontreal.ca>,
            Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
    >
    > Like many people, I have a couple of computers at home, connected together
    > via a switch+router.
    > All my IP addresses are of the form 192.168.1.X.

    [Wants to address machines by name -- details snipped]

    Do all of your computers run Samba (or Windows' SMB/CIFS server, if/when
    they boot to Windows)? If so, try adding "wins" to the "hosts" item in
    /etc/nsswitch.conf:

    hosts: files dns wins

    This will tell Linux to use NetBIOS name resolution systems in addition
    to ordinary /etc/hosts and DNS name resolution. (Linux tries these
    systems in order, so you could put "wins" first if your DNS is slow or
    unreliable.) Because NetBIOS names are registered dynamically, tracking
    the changing IP address should happen automatically. On a little
    two-computer network, this is probably the simplest solution, assuming
    you run Samba. If not, you might want to run Samba (or at least nmbd, the
    Samba daemon that handles the NetBIOS name stuff) just for this; doing so
    is probably easier than setting up your own DHCP server. 

    -- 
Rod Smith, rodsmith@rodsbooks.com
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux, FreeBSD, and networking
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