if you are using DHCP you don't need to setup anything in /etc/hosts it will
only make trouble if your IPs are dynamic.
also I am using Dynamic DHCP + Smb without any problems ...
what exactly was the problem u faced ?
- ashish
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> i faced some problems with the smb configuration as well............using
DHCP..
> neway, check that hostname of your m/c is set properly........though
> some of the DHCP servers supply this entry as configuration information.
>
> and other thing is that check that there is an entry added to your
/etc/hosts
> file for the IP address that has been assigned to your m/c.
>
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