-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Deepak Shrestha wrote: > Hi, > > I have fedora core 5 installed in one of my computer in LAN. One of the > windows machine acts as the web server (internal) for the LAN but I can't > figure out how to get the web page served by that machine in my fedora. > Just > typing the hostname (http://hostname) doesn't work, I have to put the IP > address to see the page. What's wrong with DHCP setting? and how to fix > this? what puzzles me here is why you have a web server using a dynamic IP? why not just fix it? How did you decide on|set the hostname for that box, or is it just doing the WINS thing and broadcasting its desired name to the other windows hosts on the network? if you set a fixed IP, you can use either a) an /etc/hosts entry on all your machines ( or at least the Fedora ones) or b) a local DNS server and it will still work the same way for your windows machines. > By the way all computers in my LAN have dynamic address which is handled by > DSL modem router. Other windows machine is behaving correctly, only fedora > installation is not. What do I need to do? I also checked the network > settings and found nothing to do with that as it has all automatic option > checked. I'm not sure this behaviour is actually 'correct' how are these other machines locating your webserver? Is this more Windows networking voodoo? Zeroconf ? - -- Stuart Sears RHCA RHCX To err is human, to forgive is Not Company Policy. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEpSkEamPtx1brPQ4RAtMyAJ4/Fgmf9ZEWOG7CwQZoVx9OXhyX3wCdGUfI p1YuRKQ3cYozjmUiMeIzFps= =QoCK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
