It seems like the solution is to set up a local DNS server on the same machine as the the DHCP server. Some people suggested putting the DHCP server on the Fedora box but it is usually not on during the day which would be a problem for the Windows box which usually is. I'm going to do a little research and see if I can put a DNS server on the Linksys. Thanks to all who responded on this. I'll report back on my progress. Steve ---- Adalbert Prokop <adalbert.prokop@xxxxxx> wrote: > zephod@xxxxxxxxxx wrote on Sunday 21 October 2007: > > > Here is my simple and, I suspect, very common setup: 2 PCs, one FC6 > > Linux, one Windows Vista and a Linksys wireless router. A DHCP server > > on the Linksys determines the IP addresses of the 2 machines. > > > My question is: is it possible for either machine to ping the other > > without having to make an entry in its local hosts file? > > At least not only with DHCP. It is only for assigning IP addresses and > parameters to network devices. If you want name-to-address resolving you > need (an internal) DNS server. That could be your Linksys router. I don't > know if the original firmware has a DNS server, but WRT54G is flashable. > That means you can install a small Linux distro on it and within a DNS > server (dnsmasq or bind or ...). Look here > > http://www.freewrt.org/trac/wiki/Documentation/TargetSystems > > If you cannot use a DNS server you could use Bonjour/Zeroconf for address > resolving. Apples Bonjour is available for Windows and Linux has its own > implementations of the mDNS (multicast DNS) protocoll, e.g. mDNSresponder > or avahi. mDNS is simmilar to DNS but it does not need a central server > because every machine is sending broadcast messages on the network > announcing itself to its neighbours. With help of the nss-mdns package > you can then resolve the broadcasted names to IP addresses. > > For a small office the DHCP/DNS solution is the preferable one. > > -- > bye, > Adalbert > > Mathematics is the only science where one never knows what one is talking > about nor whether what is said is true. -- Russell > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
