DHCP + Samba?

Problem solved:

Installed nss_wins (from my distribution CD), added wins to my
etc/nsswitch.conf:

hosts: files wins nisplus nis dns

Then, rebooted the server.

I can now ping my winXP machine, and also connect to my samba share :)

-Darren

"Darren Naylor" <darren_naylor@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:220c5f5.0401011424.6018ad69@posting.google.com...[color=blue]
> Hello,
>
> I have a home network with 3 machines which I will call WINXP, WIN98,
> and LINUX.
> They are all connected via a Linksys router which acts as the DHCP
> server.
>
> My WINXP machine is a laptop that I occasionally take to the office
> (so must be set to use DHCP).
>
> I wanted to open a directory on my LINUX machine as a windows share,
> so I installed samba. I can connect fine as long as I hardcode my
> WINXP name/IP address in the /etc/hosts file. (If I don't, then I get
> nmbd errors in my startup file: register_name_response: server at IP
> 192.168.1.100 rejected our name registration ...)
>
> The trouble is, that since my WINXP machine is a DHCP client, the IP
> address can sometimes change.
>
> Since I am not running a DNS server, I assume that my windows machines
> know each others names via WINS?
> Does this mean that one of my windows machines is acting as a WINS
> server?
>
> How do I configure my LINUX box so that it can automatically resolve
> my windows machine names? Right now, I can't even ping my WINXP
> machine by name from my LINUX box.
>
> It looks like SWAT has some configuration options for WINS:
> dns proxy (yes/no)?
> WINS server (what do I put here?)
> WINS support (yes/no)?
>
> What are my options for solving this issue?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Darren[/color]