-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 09:15:33 -0700 (PDT), edwarner99@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > Network setup: > > eth0 connected to DSL, eth1 set to 192.168.100.1 and > configured with DHCPD > > 2 Windows computers (Win2k, WinXP). > > The windows computers are seeing the network fine and > can see the linux machine. I can ping back and forth > with ip addresses, but only from windows to the linux > box with host name; not able to go from linux to > windows with host name. > > The problem is that the computers (windows) cannot be > resolved to IPAddresses. > > Example, my XP box is called "ok1". I ping ok1 > this results in "ping: unknown host ok1" > > What do I need to do to have linux resolve the windows > computer names to IPAddresses so I can use computer > names when on my linux box? > > I am not running the DNS server, don't really want to > if I don't have to. Use the "Hosts" tab in redhat-config-network to add hostname to IP mappings to /etc/hosts (where you could add them manually, too, of course). - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+/cIJ0iMVcrivHFQRAt7fAJ4lK23iL12FqyH66TsgRgMbKW2VxwCcCMy4 nGVjut2RTkd5sm8BuTQLItg= =5nb1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
