Partial solution - cuts down on most of the lookups.
make a copy of hosts with local addresses only, copy it to %windir%\lmhosts
(usually c:\windows\lmhosts), add the #PRE argument behind each machine name
and reboot each and every Win box. If you've set up a workgroup place an
entry for it into lmhosts as well (local workgroups and domains are also
checked in it's DNS refresh cycle).
IIRC.. Win9x has brain-dead DNS lookups, first it checks DNS server, then
hosts and finally lmhosts EXCEPT on bootup when %windir%\lmhosts is scanned
and entries marked #PRE are placed into memory, these values will then be
checked first, check %windir%\lmhosts.sam for an example file.
Also if you're running Samba server on your linux box, you may want to set
it up as a WINS server and then configure the Win box to use WINS
resolution. (TCP/IP setting for the network card). This cuts down on a lot
of broadcast lookups.
HTH,
Lourdes
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