Re: resolving local area network computers via computer name

our workstation are running windoze xp,
yes we are using Samba to access our files.
It might be that it's a netbiosname being resolved -- I MIGHT BE.
How do i 'unexpire' it?

I still have a lot of things to read before I can setup a DNS via bind but
if you'll show me some code that'll be perfect :)


jun

On 11/15/05, Kenneth Oncinian <[email protected]> wrote:
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> There are many possibilties, if you happen to run samba on that box
> before, there is a possibility that devserv is the netbios name which
> is being resolved.
> Another possibility is that a wins service is running somewhere on
> your network, wherein the record of devserv is already "expired", thus
> you can no longer resolve its netbios name.
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> I am a big fan of BIND, if you need local dns service, i strongly
> suggest you to study BIND.
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> hth,
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> Kenneth P. Oncinian
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> Panasonic Communications Philippines Corporation
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> Mhac Janapin wrote:
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> > Hi Jun, Are your workstations linux boxes? Mhac
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> > On 11/15/05, *R. Martinez* <[email protected]
> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
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> > Please enlighten me on this one.
> >
> > At the office, we are using linux as our server (dev, staging) and
> > we are able to access it using it's name 'devserv' without us
> > having to edit the our host file in order to map 'devserv' to
> > whatever is the IP address of our server. But today, we can't
> > resolve 'devserv' anymore. Our IP address is server-assigned by
> > our LinkSys DSL router and the assign DNS's (1 & 2) are all public
> > addresses (of our telco provider). Now, how did the hostname-to-IP
> > resolution get through even though I'm sure that our DNS's server
> > did not have any record of our local server's IP address?
> >
> > Also, we need to resolve 'devserv' automatically.. what should I
> > do? Newbie on DNS here :)
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> >
> > jun
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