problem to ping a linux machine...

English Network/Internet
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hi

i have a linux workstation in a windows network…

no problem to connect to the web… but

other machine have problem to ping this machine with the hostname of the linux machine…

here my config:

Network Setup Method: Traditional Method with ifup
IPv6 Protocol Settings: Enable IPv6

DHCP Client Options
Request broadcast response: disable
DHCP Client Identifier:
there a nothing in this field

HostName to send: AUTO

cHANGE DEFAULT ROUTE VIA DHCP: enable

hostname/dns

hostname: test
change hostname via dhcp: disable
write hostname to /etc/host

Domain Name: site

my windows domain is: prod

does i need to change site by prod?

routing

default gateway: 192.168.3.1

is it important to put something here?

thanks

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Not too sure but i think this

Request broadcast response: disable
should be changed to
Request broadcast response: enable

Andy

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after some test, there is another problem…

i can ping web site… but that take a lot of time…

example:

ping Yahoo!

nothing append during 5 second… and after i begin to get answer…

same thing for all web site…

on the windows machine, i don’t have this problem

i enable the option you said… will see if that change something…

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collinm wrote:
> after some test, there is another problem…
>
> i can ping web site… but that take a lot of time…
>
> example:
>
> ping ‘Yahoo!’ (http://www.yahoo.com)
>
> nothing append during 5 second… and after i begin to get answer…
>
> same thing for all web site…
>
> on the windows machine, i don’t have this problem
>
> i enable the option you said… will see if that change something…

Have you disabled IPV6?

5

ya and i rebooted the machine

6

so somebody have some tips to resolve this problem?

7

are you sure you disabled IPv6? your settings above say it is enabled…

mm0

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ya i disabled since my first post…

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On Thu February 19 2009 01:36 pm, collinm wrote:

>
> ya i disabled since my first post…
>
>
collinm;

  1. Can you ping via IP?
  2. After disabling IPv6 are external pings still slow.
    If the answer to (1) is yes; then the problem is name resolution. You either
    need to have dynamic DNS or configure Samba and have nmbd running. (nmbd
    provides name resolution for Windows networks.) If you had static IP’s you
    can also add your Linux machine to the hosts file on the Windows Machine.
    For XP & VISTA: C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
    –
    P. V.
    “We’re all in this together, I’m pulling for you.” Red Green
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ya i can ping via ip

i added some dns in: resolv.conf
but that continue to be slow

on the windows server, i reserved an ip for the linux machine… so the machine always use the same it

so for the dynamic DNS, a windows sbs 2003 do: dns, dhcp and active directory…
don’t know if it’s a dynamic dns… how can know it?

for samba… i would need to install a samba client?

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so i resume, i have problem to ping other windows machine with its name

and windows machine are not able to ping my linux machine with its name

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On Fri February 20 2009 07:56 am, collinm wrote:

>
> ya i can ping via ip
>
> i added some dns in: resolv.conf
> but that continue to be slow
>
> on the windows server, i reserved an ip for the linux machine… so the
> machine always use the same it
>
> so for the dynamic DNS, a windows sbs 2003 do: dns, dhcp and active
> directory…
> don’t know if it’s a dynamic dns… how can know it?
>
> for samba… i would need to install a samba client?
>
collinm;

Windows 2003 can do dynamic DNS(DDNS)and it is generally part of an AD. Don’t
know if your’s does or not. Check with your IT department. Not sure of
this, but you may need to join the domain before it will update.

If it is only a few Windows machines that need to resolve the name of the
linux machine, then I would suggest you just add it to their hosts file.

As for Samba, after a bit of reflection, I’m not certain ping would resolve
through the Master Browser. However, if the reason you need name resolution
is for file/printer sharing then you do need to have a minimal Samba
configuration and run nmbd. You might want to look through the HowTos on
Swerdna’s site:
http://www.swerdna.net.au/linux.html

–
P. V.
“We’re all in this together, I’m pulling for you.” Red Green

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i want that windows machine be able to ping my linux machine by its name…

because this linux machine have a cms, ftp,mysql, nagios, openaudit… that will be easier for user to acces with its name than an ip address…

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To make your windows boxes ping your linux box by name, they need to be able to map the name to an IP address. They can only do this if the linux box is covered by a DNS server, if you run one, or if the name of the linux box is associated with its IP address in the hosts file on your windows boxes. Does this begin to answer your question?