At 04:42 PM 9/17/02 -0400, Paul Kraus wrote: >[...] >In this context, "reference" is a meaningless word. So I'm only replying >to >your "for instance". >---------------- >I do not see how reference is meaningless in this context. I wish to >"reference" the server by name rather then by ipaddress.
I'm not going to get in an argument with you. Let's just leave it that I don't know what you mean, to the extent that you meant anything more than the "for instance" you gave. Perhaps someone else will be able to help here. >It depends on how the "M$" workstation resolves names. Either put it in >the >Windows workstations hosts file (which translates between hostnames and >IP >addresses locally) or add it to the appropriate file on your DNS server. > >Without knowing more about your LAN (or your Internet conenction, if you > >are talking about pinging from teh Internet), I can't be more specific. >----------------- >This server resides on a peep-to-peer network. In the windows >environment there is a master-browser that maintains a list of all the >computers so they can be "referenced" by name rather the IP. This >browser can change by standard M$ election rules. I do not want to add >this server to every workstations hosts file especially because the ip >is handed out from a router using dhcp. Which is also why I don't want >to have to always do it by ip address. This is all for an internal >network not the internet. This is really a Windows networking question now, not a Linux question as such ... and I'm not expert on Windows-based networks. How does this Windows "master-browser" handle resolving the names of *any* device other than a Windows workstation or server (e.g., a Macintosh or a router)? Handle this Linux host the same way. (Doing this might involve getting more help with Samba than I can give you.) In a Linux framework, BTW, the usual solution would be for the DHCP server to handle it. It would include a hostname assignment in the lease info (or it would use a MAC-address tie-in to associate a static address with the host - usually, you want *servers* to stay put with respect to their IP addresses anyway). And it would run a DNS resolver that provided the name-address translation on-LAN. -- -------------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"-------- Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo Palo Alto, California, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
