10-29-2014, 11:42 AM
Hopefully a final update,,
After some more research(Google)
I can now connect to Shares by Machine Name, rather than I.P addresses.
Here's the summary:
First:
Then:
Then change the line:
To this, added "wins", apparently must be before dns:
Then re-boot
I have also left my edited "smb.conf" with the addition of
In the "global" section, just in case both are required.
Dave
![[Image: GeHkPd2.png]](http://i.imgur.com/GeHkPd2.png)
After some more research(Google)
I can now connect to Shares by Machine Name, rather than I.P addresses.
Here's the summary:
First:
Code:
sudo apt-get install libnss-winbind winbind
Code:
gksu leafpad /etc/nsswitch.conf
Code:
hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns
Code:
hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] wins dns
I have also left my edited "smb.conf" with the addition of
Code:
name resolve order = host wins bcast lmhosts
Dave
![[Image: GeHkPd2.png]](http://i.imgur.com/GeHkPd2.png)
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Computers Early days:
ZX Spectrum(1982) , HP-150 MS-DOS(1983) , Amstrad CPC464(1984) , BBC Micro B+64(1985) , My First PC HP-Vectra(1987)