1st time linux setup in win network

From: Richard Bell (rbell01824_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 05/02/04

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    I'm installing a Fedora Core 1 based machine into an existing network
    of Windows machines. The network configuration includes a number of
    Win 95, Win 98, Win NT, Win 2000, and Win XP machines. Many of the
    machines come and go depending on current projects. The existing
    machines are all connected to a LinkSys Router configured as a DHCP
    server that, in turn, provides access to the Internet for all the
    machines.

    I installed Fedora from a DVD that came with "The Complete Reference,
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux & Fedora Edition", Osborne, RIchard Petersen
    and Ibrahim Haddad. The install went cleanly with no apparent events.

    >From the new Fedora machine, F1, I can access the Internet via
    Mozilla, ping various Internet sites by name, etc. All seems well
    relative to the Internet. Unfortunately, from F1, while I'm able to
    ping the existing Win machines by IP address, I can not ping them by
    name (get an "unknown host" error message). Additionally, when I do a
    "net view" from the Win machines, I do not see F1, the Fedora machine.
    I am, however, able to ping it from any of the Win machines by IP.
    The Linksys DHCP active IP table shows all the machine names,
    including the Fedora F1 machine, and their IPs.

    I'm rather inexperienced in this area and despite looking on the net
    and elsewhere remain more than a little confused. Is this behavior
    expected? Should I, in fact, be able to see the Fedora machine with
    Net View, ping the Fedora F1 machine by name from Win, and ping the
    Win machines from F1 by name?

    My original intent was to install Samba to allow file and printer
    sharing between the systems. I'm a bit reluctant to proceed any
    further absent confidence that the network is able to resolve by name.

    I'm also unclear about the need to install a DNS, Wins, etc on the
    Fedora box given that the existing network is able to resolve machines
    by name.

    I'd appreciate any pointers.

    R

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