On (20/12/03 10:01), John Smith wrote: > On Fri, 2003-12-19 at 23:01, Jeffrey Barish wrote: > > I have 3 computers on my home network. The Windows machines are > > connected to each other using ICS. I can ping one Windows machine from > > another Windows machine simply by naming the destination: > > > > ping windowsB > > > > from machine windowsA will elicit a response. I can also ping my Linux > > machine from a Windows machine by name: > > > > ping linuxA > > > > from machine windowsA will elicit a response. However, I cannot ping > > one of the Windows machines by name from the Linux machine, only by IP > > number. I get the message 'unknown host windowsA.' I am using DHCP to > > assign IP numbers on the network, so it is important that I be able to > > reach machines by name as the IP numbers change. I'm not even sure > > where to start looking to resolve this problem, so any guidance would > > be appreciated. > > -- > > Jeffrey Barish > > > > Hi All, > > installing Samba for resolving a name resolution problem is (in my > humble opinion) like killing a fly with a nuke: overkill. Try filling > the /etc/hosts file on your linux machine. On a small network this is > the simlest and easiest solution. Dynamic host name resolution with > dns/bind/named is another posibility. 'man hosts' is your friend. > > Sincerely, > > Jan. I have a similar network and had the same problem - these reasons why it doesn't work have been covered elsewhere. The simplest solution I found (only really feasible on a small network) as Jan suggested is to populate the /etc/hosts file on each Linux box with the details of each machine on the network:
127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.x.x Linux_host.domainname Hostname # Other Boxes: 192.168.x.x Linux_host.domainname Hostname 192.168.x.x Linux_host.domainname Hostname 192.168.x.x Linux_host.domainname Hostname 192.168.x.x Linux_host.domainname Hostname This works for me ;) HTH Clive -- http://www.clivemenzies.co.uk strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
