Re: Name resolution on Debian/Windows network

[Haim Ashkenazi <haim@babysnakes.org>]

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.
if your dhcp server is the linux, you can use a package like dhcp-dns or
something similar (depending on what dns server you're using).

Bye
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Haim