[Top] [All Lists]  Re: [Samba] NetBIOS name resolution from
Linux  Subject: Re: [Samba] NetBIOS name resolution from Linux
From: Olivier Parisy Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 13:41:08 +0200 John
H Terpstra a écrit : set your resolve.conf to resolve on
localhost first and set the search order.  example of the
resolve.conf search yourlocaldomain.internal.local nameserver
ipofprovider First why use open dns servers. the dns servers of
your provider is much less hops away.  OK - now that we have
split the atom regarding what might be the best DNS solution,
how does this help resolve NetBIOS names within Linux? Have I
missed something vital in this thread? Seems I must have.   For
example, how would you store "MYSERVERNAME<20>" in DNS? Next,
how will you teach the Windows client to search DNS for that
info. After all, we are dealing with the NetBIOS name space.  I
am "only" looking for a simple way to resolve NetBIOS names on a
Linux machine. Replacing NetBIOS resolution by a full-fledged
local DNS would, I suppose, be ap