NetBIOS provides link local name resolution in Windows. You can make your linux servers advertise themselves like this if you have samba installed. Look for nmbd.
Austin Alan Dayley wrote: > Google gives me too many hits that don't apply to my need. I'm sure > someone here knows exactly how to do this. > > Suppose I have a network. Suppose I have two main Windows Server 2003 > boxes on this network. Among several services, one Windows server > provides DHCP to connecting clients and the other provides DNS for the > network. > > Now, suppose I place a Linux server on this same network to provide say > wiki or subversion services. I want to configure the Linux server such > that: > > 1 - It has a fixed host name, like "linuxserver" > 2 - It gets it's IP address and usual such settings via DHCP > 3 - Clients can get to it's services by using it's host name > > I have #1 and #2 taken care of. That was easy since they just worked. > It is #3 that is not working. I must be missing something somewhere to > get it configured correctly. I don't want to have to edit a "hosts" > file on the Windows DNS server. Other clients on the network are > apparently in the DNS though they are all Windows clients so maybe it is > a Windows protocol thing. > > What do I need to do to make #3 happen? > > Linux server is Fedora Core 5, in case that matters. > > Alan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
