That is an option but modifying over 200 Windows systems any time I add or move server is not at the top of my list.
On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Kin C Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not an expert on the subject but I believe if you create a lmhosts file > The file should contain something like this: > > 102.54.94.91 accounting #accounting server > 102.54.94.94 payroll #payroll server > > An example of this file can be found at c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc > and is called lmhosts.sam > > You should be able to locate the computer by using the associated name > rather than the ip address. You will need to do that for each computer > that you want to access these servers. It is a real pain. > > > Royce Souther wrote: > > I have a school with a few hundred WinXP Pro systems. They are all on > > a Samba domain controlled server for authentication and home > > directories. It works great except for some reason some names will not > > resolve. I am using IPcop to set hostnames for static systems on the > > network. IPcop is the DNS server for the network. If IPcop knows the > > name and IP of a local system it will resolve that IP. All the Linux > > workstations resolve all names correctly but it seems like Windows > > will not resolve a hostname unless there is a Samba server running on > > it. That is really stupid and what I would expect from Microsoft but > > not helpfull at all. I have servers that privoleged staff need to > > access from WinXP via Firefox and don't know squat about Windows so I > > would like if someone could help me figure out what is wrong with it, > > all joking aside. > > > > As you can see below, *server* can be pinged but the *asterisk* server > > cannot even though nslookup says it can resolve the IP. WTFIUWT! Both > > servers are listed in IPcop. IPcop is at 192.168.0.254 > > <http://192.168.0.254>, the domain server is at 192.168.0.1 > > <http://192.168.0.1> and the VoIP server is at 192.168.0.253 > > <http://192.168.0.253>. A special user has a static IP with a system > > called mobius running Ubuntu and Samba, it is also listed in IPcop and > > can be pinged by name, it is not a domain server just a simple file > > share. I looks like Windoze can only resolve LAN names if the system > > is running Samba. Do I need to setup the domain server to resolve LAN > > names over Samba protocol? > > > > C:\Documents and Settings\user>*ping server* > > Pinging server [192.168.0.1 <http://192.168.0.1>] with 32 bytes of data: > > > > Reply from 192.168.0.1 <http://192.168.0.1>: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64 > > Reply from 192.168.0.1 <http://192.168.0.1>: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64 > > > > Ping statistics for 192.168.0.1 <http://192.168.0.1>: > > Packets: Sent = 2, Received = 2, Lost = 0 (0% loss), > > Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: > > Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms > > C:\Documents and Settings\user>*ping asterisk* > > Ping request *could not find host asterisk*. Please check the name and > > try again. > > > > C:\Documents and Settings\user>*nslookup asterisk* > > Server: ipcop.localdomain > > Address: 192.168.0.254 <http://192.168.0.254> > > > > Name: asterisk > > Address: *192.168.0.253 <http://192.168.0.253>* > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > -- http://www.Radados.org
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