Hi! I just experienced a Suse linux server that wouldn't start. First I thought it was a hardware failure on the system disk, which turned out to be wrong. During my search for the cause of this malfunction, I also ran Knoppix. Eventually a BIOS update was all that was needed. When I got Suse running again, it just won't broadcast it's NetBios name 'SIBMASTER' to the other computers on the network. I can see the router in 'attached devices' on my router, but it is named 'UNKNOWN NAME'. It is also only possible to connect to the server using it's IP-address. We are using the workgroup name SIB. I did a grep -r SIBMASTER * in /etc to see where the name SIBMASTER was located. I found it in the following files with the row it was on: /etc/HOSTNAME SIBMASTER (I've also tried SIBMASTER.SIB here) /etc/hosts 192.168.0.2 SIBMASTER.SIB SIBMASTER etc.. /etc/postfix/main.cf myhostname = SIBMASTER.SIB /etc/samba/smb.cnf netbios name = SIBMASTER So, why isn't the name of the server broadcasted to my router or any other computer on the network? Any tips on what I should look for? Thanks in advance! / Peter