Just a curiosity... do you have samba installed on the linux boxes? If so it could be getting it this way.
James On Thu, 2003-01-02 at 18:49, Matthew O. Persico wrote: > On Thu, 2 Jan 2003 12:54:59 -0500, Albert Charron wrote: > > >Micro$oft uses NetBios over TCP/IP to resolve names. > > Aha. Now that explains why XP boxes can resolve XP names w/o a DNS server solved. > > Now, let's move onto part two. How does the XP box resolve the Linux box name, which >is 'moplx': > > Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] > (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. > > D:\home\matthew>ping moplx > > Pinging moplx [192.168.1.101] with 32 bytes of data: > > Reply from 192.168.1.101: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64 > Reply from 192.168.1.101: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64 > Reply from 192.168.1.101: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64 > Reply from 192.168.1.101: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64 > > Ping statistics for 192.168.1.101: > Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), > Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: > Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms > > D:\home\matthew> > > What could Linux possibly be doing to respond to an XP box this way? > -- > Matthew O. Persico > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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