On Thu, 2 Jan 2003 21:39:15 -0600, stefmit wrote: >By registering to a WINS server on your network, via samba >(possible) broadcasts, your Linux will become "known" to Win >machines (NB queries to the broadcast address directed to UDP 137, >in the hope of a WINS server existence, would result in the >registration of the "broadcaster" - >in this case your Linux box - in the WINS database).
Turns out that smnd and nmbd are running. I didn't realize the installation had installed and started these daemons. That's probably how XP found the Linux box. >Anyhow - you would probably gain a lot more knowledge installing >ethereal on the Linux and XP boxes, and capturing the traffic during >a simple ping ... or even without one ... you could get the >fantastic opportunity to see how the name query works, how broadcast >of samba services works, who is answering/responsible for name >resolution, and what kind of name resolution you are dealing with >(NetBIOS, DNS, you name it). Sometimes a couple of minutes of traces >could save you a couple of days of emails on the mandrake lilst ;) Never heard of it. Will do. Thanks! -- Matthew O. Persico
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