Nick,
> More likely is that your Windows boxes are using NetBIOS to resolve host names.I have been pondering this since you posted. Does windows really use NetBIOS to resolve names when you ping something? I thought NetBIOS was used for SMB/CIFS name resolutuion, but ping is a TCP/IP thing.
I just did a test. I changed a PC to a static IP address with no DNS servers. I can ping other hostnames, but nslookup fails. If it's not using DNS, then what else could it be? -- Later David Kirk
