Do the win boxes have 2 nics?? If they do set the second nic and enter them into the /etc/host file on the linux box. Or you could setup samba on hte linux box and "share" your drives. What is it that you want to do between the linux box and thw win boxes --- edwarner99@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > 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 > > > -- > Shrike-list mailing list > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com
