> > > > Isn't wins support = no the default? > ---- > I believe that's correct, I just like to ensure some details > ---- > > > > And if you don't have a WINS server? > ---- > again, I like to ensure some details and WINS is primary methodology of > Windows BIOS name resolution. > > You can easily test name resolution from your FC5 system by typing... > > smbclient -L BIOS_NAME_OF_NEW_SYSTEM > > and see if it finds the system via the name resolution > > Craig > Still don't understand why its different, but modifying the lmhosts on the boot disk and adding these machine has resolved it. Running the commands above between the FC5 and FC7 machines ran fine. No apparent issues. Just need to update my boot CD I guess. Thanks for the input. James