This is where my confusion is. Since the windows machines get there ip address from dhcp on the linux box, how can I add the info in the /etc/host file or with the redhat-config-network because I won't know what address has been assigned? Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 09:34:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Pierre Lamb <plamb_98@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Name Resolve on Intranet To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx Reply-To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx --0-1017903114-1056818094=:9106 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Did you put it in the host file located in /etc? 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. Thanks, __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com
