On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 21:39, Joao Pedro Clemente wrote: > > Anyone have any idea why the xp boxes can't resolve these ? > > Can you give an example? > There is a difference between win/Linux name resolving, that is most > visible when using internal network resolution, in particular the ones > without a domainname: > > ping "mymachine" in Linux tries to do a dns name lookup of "mymachine" > ping "mymachine" in Win tries to do a SMB name lookup <<<!!!! > ping "mymachine." in Win tries to do a dsn name lookup > > if you don' use a domainname maybe you're simply facing this Windows > "feature"...
I was using ping "mymachine" so I guess I was seeing the windows feature :-) I needed to install samba anyway so now the smb look works as well. Thanks for that. -- Nic Strong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
