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by lcw

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I'm running on a LAN whether most of workkstation are Win98 and all the Windows system able to ping to each other using name.But unfortunately my Linux redhat8.0 was unable to ping to other workstation base on name but it can ping via the IP address.I'm suspecting this is due to DNS problem on my bindconf.How to configure it,for etc.
Domain=abc.com.my
IP address=192.168.253.55
Linux machine name=Linux
Pls advise.

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by alpha-male

You can ping the systems by name in Windows because they are using the Netbeui (NetBios) protocol. I believe the way to get this working in Linux is to install and configure Samba.

Good luck...hope this helps.

by alveden

Have you done the following checks?
1. Win98 client's DNS setting is pointing to 192.168.253.55.
2. ps aux | grep named .... to check if the service is running.
3. nslookup in the linux machine to check if it resolv.

And if it's a config problem ... would you mind email'ng or posting the configuration up.

email address:- alveden@hotmail.com

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