From: Eric Hanchrow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>>>> "Paul" == Moore, Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Paul> 1. The box cannot "see" these netbios names for other > Paul> machines on the LAN. I can ping machines with static IP > Paul> addresses by name, as (I guess) the names are resolved via > Paul> DNS. I can also ping dynamic IP machines via their > Paul> DHCPPC-names. But I can't ping using the netbios name > Paul> (which I guess is resolved via the WINS server) > > That's as I would expect. In order for you to use NetBIOS names, > you'd have to somehow tell your Linux box to use WINS for name > resolution. But as far as I know, Linux *in general* doesn't know how > to do that. (smbclient, however, does know how.) Right now I think > Linux only knows how to use DNS and /etc/hosts for host name > resolution.
I've just done some further browsing, and have found some docs on nsswitch.conf - which seems to allow for user-supplied resolution methods. So I guess the question is whether such a method exists which dows NetBIOS lookups... Paul.
