Hello! Some additional notes. Just my knowledge, may be incorrect :-)
NETBIOS hostname resolution method that was discussed is an link-local name resolution method. (I do not know if it is possible that NETBIOS can do some other things). Link-local means that it works only for machines that connected to the same "link", i.e. hub. Link-local packets do not pass throught router by default. There are 3 main methods for link-local name resolution as far as I know: * NETBIOS * mDNS * LLMNR NETBIOS is old Microsoft's protocol. But it is not only for Windows 3.11. It is supported well in Windows XP. It is still supported in Windows Vista, 7 and upcoming 8. mDNS relatively new Apple's protocol. It is supported in Mac OS X 10.2 and higher. GNU/Linux implementation is Avahi. LLMNR is new Microsoft's protocol. It is supported in Windows Vista and higher: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link-local_Multicast_Name_Resolution It sems that Debian has not LLMNR support (search in packages descriptions gives no results). There was some tryes to create implementation for GNU/Linux: http://avahi.org/wiki/GoogleSummerOfCode https://www.masterbranch.com/avahi-llmnr-project/400159 http://zcnr.sourceforge.net/ Regards, Sergey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
