Hallo John Russell, > berlioz:/home/jorussel# arp -a > bxb2-bb-hsrp.cisco.com (161.44.79.1) at 00:00:0C:07:AC:01 [ether] on > eth0 > ? (161.44.79.176) at 00:02:8A:36:63:87 [ether] on eth0 > ? (161.44.79.220) at 00:0C:29:46:EE:9A [ether] on eth0 > > berlioz:/home/jorussel# nmblookup jorussel-w2ks <--vmware guest name > querying jorussel-w2ks on 161.44.79.255 > 161.44.79.220 jorussel-w2ks<00> > > berlioz:/home/jorussel# nmblookup mendelssohn <--vmware host and machine > 1 > querying mendelssohn on 161.44.79.255 > 161.44.79.176 mendelssohn<00> <-- this is the CORRECT address. > > berlioz:/home/jorussel# ping mendelssohn > PING mendelssohn (192.168.35.1) 56(84) bytes of data. <-- this is the > WRONG address AAGGH!! So what is ping doing?
What happend's (ping mendelson) when you do the following ? remove wins entry in nsswitch.conf hosts: files dns When you use dhcp then you should dynamically update your DNS ! Greetings Thomas -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba