Re: Name resolution on Debian/Windows network

["Monique Y. Herman" <spam@bounceswoosh.org>]

On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 at 22:01 GMT, Jeffrey Barish penned:
> 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.

I think this "pingability" comes from smb?  On a windows machine, once
you've accessed a machine using smb (windows file sharing), I believe
the sharing name of the computer becomes accessible for network
utilities.

I could be totally wrong; this is just what I (believe I have) observed
on a windows-and-linux network.

-- 
monique