Wins client

Hi all.
I need to setup my linux box as Wins client only to identify some
notebook that sometimes are conencted to network.

I've installed samba --> OK
Modified smb.conf as :

wins support = no
wins server = 10.248.158.2
dns proxy = no

start smb -> ok

[root@webdru2ux samba]# ps -ef | grep mbd
root 18512 1 0 Nov02 ? 00:00:00 smbd -D
root 18513 18512 0 Nov02 ? 00:00:00 smbd -D
root 18517 1 0 Nov02 ? 00:00:06 nmbd -D

but if i try to ping or traceroute a notebook i got:

[root@webdru2ux samba]# ping nb-brugo
ping: unknown host nb-brugo
[root@webdru2ux samba]# traceroute nb-brugo
traceroute: unknown host nb-brugo


I think that i miss some steps.

Any ideas ? what's wrong ?

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks

Mike

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