On Sun, 2004-02-22 at 00:02, Srinivasan S wrote: > Hi > > I have a Fedora linux machine running DHCP. When I > connect my WindowsXP laptop to this network a new > IP is assigned and everything is fine. THe host > name of my Fedora m/c is HomeProxy. When I try > ping HomeProxy from my laptop it does not work. But > the n/w is fine since if I try ping 192.168.1.1 it > works immediately. > > How do I ping Fedora m/c from my Xp m/c using host name ? > > THanks in advance for all your help > > Regards > Srini I use Samba to take care of this for me. MS Windows computers can talk to each other using their computer name because they broadcast that name. You can have Linux do this via Samba. This what I use at work so I can get to all of my dev Linux boxen. For production servers we use DNS, though it is overkill for a small network IMO. As root edit /etc/samba/smb.conf and add this line some where under the [global] section: netbios name = HomeProxy Replace HomeProxy with the name you want the Linux box to be to MS Windows clients and other Samba/Linux clients. Now open the file /etc/sysconfig/samba and add this to the NMBDOPTIONS line: NMBDOPTIONS="-D" add "-n keelie" NMBDOPTIONS="-D -n HomeProxy" Now just restart samba with: service smb restart Now go to your MS Windows box and ping HomeProxy. Jim Drabb -- --------------------------------------------------------- The box said: "Requires Windows 98/2000/NT/XP or better." So, I installed LINUX! --------------------------------------------------------- James Drabb JR Senior Programmer Analyst Davenport, FL USA
