Configuring NETBIOS/Samba

[Tom Taylor]

Hi,

I'm using Fedora Core 1, dual booted with Windows XP, on a small house 
network (5-6 PCs). The router, a Linksys 4 port is managing DHCP, and 
we're all on Class C.

I'm trying to get Fedora to share folders with the Windows machines, as 
well as just interact via hostnames. If I type 'ping windowsbox', it 
cannot find the IP in Fedora, whereas it will find it easily in XP. 
Presumably this is due to some sort of NETBIOS DNS lookup.

I have configured the workgroup in Samba, and the hostname of the 
machine is 'tom'.

So, what do I need to configure to allow my fedora box to see my windows 
machines through DNS? I should also mention that they change IPs 
regularly, so keeping the whole network static and using /etc/hosts is 
not an option.

I've tried the ol' Google, but to no avail. Maybe I was searching for 
the wrong thing.

Thanks!

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Tom Taylor
<tom at tomtaylor.co.uk>