if you are still able to ping the laptop at the wireless address then the
wireless just needs shut down. after that you should be able to find the
machine on the new IP via nmblookup.
i know of no way to have a prefered address that is wired, and a fallback
address that is wireless.
On Dec 4, 2007 6:41 AM, Alexander Lenz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello guys,
>
>
>
> at first thanks for the info on user access to backups one of you gave me
> last time.
>
> Now, is there any way to change the mapping of nmb-name (NetBIOS) --> IP
> addr. ?
>
> Especially with DHCP leases involved, and multiple interfaces of laptops,
> i.e. eth and wireless,
>
> this can easily get broken.
>
> In this case, I want to get the resolver to find ' myNotebook-xyz' under
> IP 192.168.1.105
>
> instead of 154, which was the old wireless IP. How to achieve that ?
>
> Already restarted /usr/sbin/nmbd (-D), but to no avail.
>
> Still, a ping myNotebook-xyz resolves to .154
>
> Where's the crucial turn-key here ?
>
>
>
> Thanks a lot in advance,
>
>
>
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