Re: Samba configuration and name resolution?

From: Jef Driesen (jefdriesen_at_hotmail.com.nospam)
Date: 02/11/05 

Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 10:16:34 +0100

James Knott wrote:
> Jef Driesen wrote:
>
>
>>This will not work because IP addresses are dynamically assigned by the
>>DHCP server in the router. And if I switch to static IP addresses, I
>>can't easily add more computers (without changing host files on every
>>machine).
>
>
> Unless you have a lot of computers, static IPs are fine. The easiest
> method, is to manage the hosts file on one computer and then copy it to all
> the others. Another possibility, would be to simply share the "master"
> hosts file over the network.
>

Most of the time there are only 2 computers. The reason why I don't use
static IP addresses, is because from time to time there are other people
who use my network to access the internet (they don't have an internet
connection themself). With the DHCP option of the router, there is no
need to change configurations. It's just a matter of connecting the
cables for those computers.

If I understand correctly from the documentation, Windows will use
netbios (broadcast, wins server or lmhost file) to resolve hostnames to
IP address and Linux will use DNS. Maybe there is a way to enable
netbios name resolution on linux? Adding a WINS server or DNS server is
another possibility, but then I need a server running all the time. I
only need a simple workgroup configuration.

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