Re: Unable to Ping NT boxes

[Kent West <westk@nicanor.acu.edu>]

Bodnyk, Bruce W wrote:
> I'm trying to configure samba on my Linux machine so I can
> access directories on an MT box and am being unsuccessful.
> I'm thinking it has something to do with another problem
> which I have ignored up to now.
>
> After installing Linux I found that I was unable to ping normal
> NT machines using their host name. If I use their IP address
> then the ping works. However I am able to ping Unix machines
> using their host name AND can ping a number of NT servers
> using their host name. However whenever I attempt to ping
> my NT desktop or Windows 2000 laptop by name the ping
> fails.
>
> My NT desktop and Windows 2000 laptop are configured to
> use DHCP to get their IP address. 

My first guess is that your NT servers are in your organization's DNS 
table, whereas your NT workstations are not, instead being found by 
other Windows boxes using WINS instead of DNS.

See if "smbclient -L [workstation name] gives you an IP in return. I 
don't know if there's any way to tell ping to use samba to find a 
Windows box, so I just use smbclient as above to find the address and 
then connect via the number.

Kent