Changing system name in network [Resolved]

[Gordon Keehn]

Gordon Keehn wrote:

> Hi, Guys
>    Unforeseen (and unfortunate) circumstances led me to the point 
> where I had to change the system name of one of the PCs (Win2K), with 
> several shared resources, on my home LAN.  While the Win box was down, 
> I changed the appropriate entries in /etc/fstab in my FC2 box to 
> reference the new host name.  However, after rebooting both systems, 
> the Fedora Core box still appears to be mounting the shares under the 
> old system ID.  I have two sets of icons on my KDE desktop:  one with 
> the old system name, identified as mounted, and the other with the new 
> system name.  I can't dismount the old shares (which don't really 
> exist?) and can't mount the new ones.
>    How do I convince Fedora that the old system name no longer exists, 
> and it's OK to let go of the shares under the old name?
>    Thanks,
> Gordon Keehn
>
    It appears it WAS the router's nameserver, although I'm a bit 
puzzled as to HOW.  Especially as I was able to print on the shared 
printer.  In any case, I reset the router and rebooted fedora, and 
everything came up happy.  Thanks, Paul and Yang,  for your suggestions.
    Cheers,
Gordon