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?
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