Samba problem - Can not ping

[lhvan]

Configuration:
- Redhat 7.3 as Server, IP address 192.168.1.1
with Samba 2..2.3a
- Win98 as Client1, IP address 192.168.1.22


I can "ping 192.168.1.1" from Win98
and "ping 192.168.1.22" from Linux - It is OK.
But I can not "ping Server" from Win98
and "ping Client" from Linux - Host not found


Can you help me what is wrong?
Thanks a lot.

[Bogler]

It depends what you client and server are called.

From the Linux box if you type ping client the Linux machine will look for a machine called client. If it can't find one it will return an error.

You can set names in the /etc/sysconfig/network file (i think) someone may know better but you can definately tell the Linix machine to reference clients by name but you have to specify those names alongside a valid ip address so that the machines can talk.

On the Win side there is a "hosts" file which can be used, i think it is in /win32/system somewhere

something like this

ziggy 192,168.1.21

and then when you type ping ziggy the windows box will know to ping 192.168.1.21

Hope this helps...

What distro are you using as the hosts information file probably differs. I'm sure you can set these hosts up in Linux through a gui in kde, basically you are simply giving names to ipaddresses not much different from dns in a way..

Hope this helps

Bogler

[Bogler]

I think on the Linux side it is /etc/hosts where you specify your connected machines.

vi /etc/hosts and then add your hosts to that file.

I think this should work.. the above /etc/sysconfig reference won't work. There is much interesting config stuff in there however..

Bogler ;D ;D

[JimH]

I can "ping 192.168.1.1" from Win98
and "ping 192.168.1.22" from Linux - It is OK.
But I can not "ping Server" from Win98
and "ping Client" from Linux - Host not found


Can you help me what is wrong?

As Bogler has said you need to add the entries to /etc/hosts
example /etc/hosts

$ cat /etc/hosts
# Do not remove the following line, or various programs
# that require network functionality will fail.
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
192.168.1.2 server.linux.lan server
192.168.1.3 client.linux.lan client
192.168.1.254 gateway.linux.lan gateway


The format of the file is:

<ipaddress> <FQDN> <alias>

Jim H