On Sat, 2004-07-10 at 04:14, Chad Perrin wrote:
> Why? I've already got name resolution running on the network. I just need to
> figure out why it isn't working properly for the 'nix boxen. Considering that
> both "nmblookup foo" and "host foo" works for finding machines by hostname, but
> ping doesn't, there definitely seems to be something wrong. I'd like to solve
> the problem, rather than throw random potential labor-intensive solutions at it
> and see if any of them stick.
It sounds like your appliance is acting as some sort of WINS server for
the Windows machines. WINS clients will register their names on network
initialization and this will allow you to see them by name.
Or...
If you're using W2K machines you may be using some form of DynamicDNS
(not the same as dydns, but the same principle).
For the Linux client you can try:
Adding a DNS_HOSTNAME option to the network configuration scripts (works
in RedHat, Fedora). I have used this personally and know that it works.
Doing something with Samba to register on the WINS network. I have not
used so caveat emptor.
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