hostname and dhcp question

[Deepak Shrestha]

Thanks  a lot! Now I got the point. :-)


Well, Deepak, is there a WINS server on your network?
>
> I believe that if you are running a workgroup (i.e. no NT or AD domain),
> your Windows systems will still be able to find the web server using
> NetBIOS name resolution, but your Fedora system running Samba will not
> be able to -- unless you have a WINS server configured.
>
> The simplest way to get your Fedora client to resolve names on your
> network is to use the hosts file which I believe you have already
> created for your other Windows systems. Backup your original /etc/hosts
> file, then append the various entries for your computers on your
> network, to the same file (do NOT delete the localhost line
> in /etc/hosts, or you will not be able to launch X windows).
>
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