Re (10th): DNS lookup failure on Linksys router

[Joshua E Vines <jev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have just configured SAMBA (it was next on my list) and it is not resolving the names for me.

Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 10:42:56 -0600
From: "Gregory L. Hering" <glhering@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subj\ect: Re: Re (8th): DNS lookup failure on Linksys router
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Cc: Randy Kelsoe <randykel@xxxxxxxxxx>
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>> but usually the server will give the same address to a particular
      

machine.
  

>Not necessarily true, but it can be setup to give the same IP to a certain
    

MAC address.

I know about setting up the DHCP config files for hard MAC-to-IP addressing,
but I still have seen very consistent addresses on completely dynamic
networks.  I think it's probably due to the algorithm used by the DHPC
server to pick the address in the first place, maybe a hash of some kind.

  

>>  BTW, if someone would like to volunteer how the Windows boxes
>> are getting the name info of the Linux box I would love to hear it
      

> I can tell you, but don't believe me because I am not in my right mind.
> If the linux machine is running samba and samba is setup for the same
>workgroup, netbios does this (when you start smb, it also starts nmbd).
    

I think that's a very good answer, Randy.  Netbios broadcasts names along
with other machine information.  I wish I'd have thought of that! :o)

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