Thanks, that worked! > Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2003 08:24:50 -0500 > From: Ed Wilts <ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Ping Question > Organization: (ewilts) > Reply-To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > On Sat, Jul 05, 2003 at 06:17:03AM -0700, > edwarner99@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > I have setup two windows machine that are being > > assigned IP addresses via DHCP on my Linux box. > DDNS > > is being updated correctly via DHCP. > > > > My question is: > > > > When I ping the netbios name of the machines, they > > will only ping with the FQDN, "ping ok1.mylan.lan" > and > > not by the short name "pine". > > First, there is no guarantee that the netbios name > is in any way related > to the DNS name. > > > Is this the way it's supposed to work, or is there > a > > way to ping by the short name "ok1"? > > What you may want to do is configure your resolver > for a default search > domain. So, on your Linux systems, add the > following line to > /etc/resolv.conf: > search mylan.lan > and try your ping again. Remember, you're still not > pinging by netbios > name - you're simply appending mylan.lan to whatever > name you put on > your ping command. > > -- > Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA > mailto:ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx > Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com
