you could add a domain to a DNS in your local network so that works, or what is probably easier is look for the lmhosts file on the windows box (use find) it may be called lmhosts.sam or some shit, add the ip and the names there, it seems to be window's version of /etc/hosts. you may have to rename the lmhosts.sam file or copy it, i forget what it supposed to be and what its supposed to be named i just keep playing with it till it works.
and it does work .. nate On Wed, 29 Dec 1999, Salman Ahmed wrote: ssahme > ssahme >I have a linux box running potato (updated as of a couple of hrs ago) + ssahme >kernel 2.2.13. The box gets its IP address via a DHCP server. I set the ssahme >hostname of this box when I first installed Debian (slink) off of the ssahme >CDs without any domain name. ssahme > ssahme >I noticed that from windoze boxes, I can't ping this box if I use the ssahme >fqdn hostname. Pinging by IP address works fine. But I want to be able ssahme >to ping this box from other linux/windoze boxes by using ssahme >hostname.domainname. ssahme > ssahme >How do I do this ? Do I have to setup a DNS server on this box ? ssahme > ssahme >Thanks for any info. ssahme > ssahme >-- ssahme >Salman Ahmed ssahme >ssahmed AT pathcom DOT com ssahme > ssahme > ssahme >-- ssahme >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null ssahme > ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 3:03pm up 132 days, 2:57, 3 users, load average: 1.70, 1.64, 1.53