linux windows hostname problem

Hi,

I have a problem with linux computer and windows computer.

My linux computer is (192.168.2.101) with hostname lnxserver.

My windows is 192.168.2.102 with hostname windows.

Now when I ping each of them via ip they work fine and can receive
pings from each other. When I ping themselves as their hostnames,
they work fine (for example, .102 address as windows and .101 as
lnxserver), its fine.

The problem lies is when I try to ping the linux computer from windows
machine as (ping lnxserver), and it times out or vice versa (ping
windows) from linux machine.

I dont know how to resolve this because I need to get my samba
working.

Appreciate any help.

Thanks

Dhruv

dmalhotr2001@yahoo.com (Dhruv) wrote in message news:<b6d0b0b.0310062308.4b221d73@posting.google.c om>...
> Hi,
>
> I have a problem with linux computer and windows computer.
>
[snip]

Seems like that is not your only problem! Mind you, nothing a quick
networking course wouldn't fix!

Go here:

http://www.tldp.org